Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Baigan main mila diya (mixed to the brinjals)

Excerpts from a movie :
Disclaimer: The actual dialouges are in specific style of Hindi. There is no exact translation possible

Salim : " Arrey main to itna kiya. Tu kya kiya re? Jab Angreza aake Ismail bhai ka shirt faadh ke ,khundal khundal re maara" ( Atleast I did this. What did you do when the foreigners tore Ismail bhai's shirt and beat him black and blue)
a bystander : "Appa ! khundal khundal ke maara Ismail bhai ko " (what ! Ismail bhai got beaten up ")

There are two kinds of people. Those who have seen "The Angrez". And those who will see it.
I saw the Angrez after a long time today. Not that i needed to. I remember all of Salim feku's dialouges by heart, all the tones of Jehangir, the "maa ki kirkiri " of Ismail bhai about "Mallika" and "Angrezaa".
For the uninitiated let me get down to unravelling the mysteries of this movie. For those of you whose dont know it yet, have a quick look in youtube and go through it. Assuming that you have climbed back to your chair after falling down so many times, then you might be able to appreciate whats written. If you read the reviews about the angrez online its all very well written. But its not exactly how the odinary viewer sees it. The Angrez is basically divided into two parts. The scenes with Salim, Ismail and Jehangir- and the rest of the movie. Infact some honourable soul in kgp actually filtered out the good stuff from the rest and posted it on the local net as "Maa ki kirkiri". A fan following ensued, and i am a part of it till today.
Reasons why i would recommend The Angrez
1: How far can you go above and beyond the truth - Ask Salim feku and his encounter with Mallika
2: "Wot diya , Wot diya Wot diya" - Now thats how you thrash someone
3: "Woh mereko malum tumko malum , potti ko malum kya" - try any gimmick to impress a girl ; as long as she does not know you are faking it.
4: How can you take 2-3 hours to reach a place where you can normally reach in 20 mins
5: Khundal khundal ke maara - I have no comments on this one.


But sitting in your room in the cold confines of the studio, you realize that the movie is not complete. The people with whom you shared the movie with made this ever so special.

Jai Bhawavi !

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