10 of the Most Iconic Bollywood Dialogues Are Also the Shortest!
Check out 10 of the shortest Hindi film dialogues that have a fan following of their own!
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Bollywood, melodrama and power packed dialogues go hand in hand. Here are some clever examples of iconic, cult dialogues that are also possibly the shortest ever!
No one can say “Mogambo Khush Hua” quite as menacingly as the legendary Amrish Puri from Shekhar Kapur’s Mr. India (1987). And yet, I bet you’ve heard it from a cheeky friend at least once in a befitting real life situation.
What a class act! Rajesh Khanna pulls in a bit of angrezi in this unforgettable scene with Sharmila Tagore from the film Amar Prem (1972).
Let’s be honest. You’ve definitely thrown this one at someone more than once! “Mere Paas Maa Hai” remains unbeatable even though few can juggle their eyebrows like Shashi Kapoor in this scene from Deewaar (1975). That makes all the difference, doesn’t it?
In the 1994 laughter riot Andaz Apna Apna, after a hilarious case of mistaken identity, Paresh Rawal exclaims impatiently “Teja main hoon, mark idhar hai” and keeps repeating the line to prove his point. Apart from the film, this dialogue itself has quite the fan following.
This line can be a nightmare for a grammar Nazi. But we’re guessing most Akshay Kumar fans love him too much to care. And so was born this popular line from Khiladi Kumar’s Rowdy Rathore (2012). It’s short, not sweet but does the job!
Dialogues from Sholay (1975) can fill up this entire list, but the one that truly stands out from the film is this one. Amjad Khan’s Gabbar makes his own men pale with fear with just simple yet sinister question- “Kitne Aadmi Thhe?”
Shatrughan Sinha is still the king of “Khamosh! “A single word dialogue makes the baddies tremble with fear. One might not remember the film Badla (1974) but his dialogue delivery in the film remains unparalleled.
Only Dharmendra’s quirky dialogue delivery and comic timing in Sholay (1975) could have made a depressing word like ‘suicide’ so funny. This one’s the most epic drunk dialogue ever!
This on-screen bromance from 1971 lives on and Anand’s adorable way of addressing Dr Bhaskar Bannerjee as Babu Moshai caught on and how! Ask any of your Bengali friends how many times they’ve been addressed as Babu Moshai, their real name simply being ignored.
The stammer of the psycho from the SRK starrer Darr (1993) can give any girl nightmares. Whoever came up with this! His on-screen obsession with Juhi Chawla in the film is spine chilling and it’s all the magic of his filmi speech disorder.
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