Great Dialogues by Kamal Haasan...

Just read through and you will know how great a dialogue writer is Kamal ...

Dasavathaaram

1)King : உன் உயிர் போவதை இருந்தால் உள்ளேயே போயிருக்கும்.
ராமனுஜன் இருக்கும் இடமும் யாம் அறிவோம்.
ராமானுஜனை இங்கு வரவழைக்கும் சூத்திரமும் யாம் அறிவோம்.
தென்புலம் எங்கும் சிவா நாமம் மட்டுமே ஒலிக்க வைக்கும் சூச்சமமும் யாம் அறிவோம்.

Nambi : என்னுடைய அறி. உன் வாயாலேயே எத்தனை முறை 'அறி' 'ஓம்', 'அறி' 'ஓம்' என்று சொல்ல வைத்தான் பார்த்தாயா குலோத்துங்கா?

2)Naidu: Tanjaavuurunnaaa, tamil..
Govind: Look, im a scientist.......
Naidu: Wait wait wait wait... India lu, largest spoken languagu, hindi... Second largest edhi theriyuma??
Govind: thamizh
Naidu: (shaking his finger) telugu.. Moonavadhi dhaan tamizh.. Naa telugu.. deputation la tamil naatuki vandhi tamil kathikitu ivlo nalla pesren. nee tanjavooru english la pesre aprom epdiya tamil vaalum..
Govind: Ungala maari telungu kaaranga vandhu vaazha veppaanga sir...

Govind: thamizh aarvamum irukanum adhey samayathula vignaanam um therinjirkanum..
Naidu: Apo abdul kalamiki phone potu kudukatuma?
Govind:Ya, if u can..

3)
Bush:Now we have an intercontinental ballistic scientist.How did he get away?
Asst:dont know Mr.President.He might have couriered himself.Its complicated but i can explain?
Bush:If its complicated then don't explain

Bush:-. now explain wer's the plane??????
PA:in Afganisthan
BUSH: perfect timing.
PA:shall we stop that plane there?
BUSH:no.Instead tell me where it is going
PA:INDIA
BUSH:which part?
PA:chennai
BUSH:Gentleman get ready. we might have some problem
Bush:Get Mr. Manmohan Singh on the line..

Scientist:sir v need large amount of nacl to destroy that bioweapon
BUSH:Cant we throw atom bomb over it?

fletcher : you can't get 'away' with this
govind :" no, I can get 'a way' with this

ANBE SIVAM

1)Interaction between Madhavan and Kamal

"evlo panam koduthalum entha vasadhiyum kedaikatha naadu sir ithu.thats india for u."

"panam kodutha ethuvenalum vangiidalam nu nenaikravanga irukkara varaikkaum that will be india for u."

"athaan soviet union azhinchiduchula apromom yaen communism nu athaiaye pidichindrukeenga"


"ok.mr romeo.oru velai tajmahal azhinchiduchu na neengala love panratha nirithidveengala"

"clever very clever.but mr sivam love is a feeling"

"communism mum athaan oru feeling. karl marx athai pathi peasrathukku munadiyae neraiya perukku antha feeling vanthuduchhu.itha pathi ellam unga kitta naan pesakoodathu mukyama neenga athai pathi peas koodathu"

"yaen? yaen.?"

"because .... train vandhiduchhu"

2)The scene where Madhavan Invites Kamal Sir For his wedding and he tells Kamal Sir that he's like a brother to him.

Kamal Sir : Idha yen munnadiye sollalai ?

Madhavan : Sollale na... Thonale...
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Idhu enna kaadhala asingama sollikute irukkarthuku!!!

en kalyanam kudumbam irukunu poi sonninga...
"its jus to overcome the complex that i have ...walking stick madhiri............MANASU NONDA KOODATHILLA"....

3)
maddy:enna kadavul idhu...sorry.. sorry.. kadavul irrukaru..
kamal: aamam..kadavul irrukaru..
maddy:oh..ungalukku kadavul nambokkai irruka..
kamal:irruke.. edho oru paiyannuku oodavuringale .. "Neenga than kadavul"..
maddy: crazy..
kamal:enna naanum kadvul..
maddy:adthanen parthen..
Kamal: Mr.Ars, you are a good man.
Maddy: So are you.
Kamal: I know.
Maddy: You are a last word FREAK!


HEY RAM ! - The BEST OF THE LOT ...

1)
The scene where gandhi says, " See Mr.Uppili, even ur son-in-law is a Mahatma"
Saket : "No I am not!"
Gandhi :" Most mahatmas deny they are one..do u think I am a mahatma?"
Saket: "If you deny it, I shall deny you another denial"

2)
The dialogues by the maharaja:

a)" all the gates to the maharajas like me is closed!. So what's the point in opening only this gate??"

b)Abhyankar:"But thats a poor man's pappad"
Maharaja: " arrey in Sardar Patel Raj, Maharajas must learn to live with pappads"

c)"Blow my vegetarian hunter!!!"Only Passion , No Hunger .

3)
andhi: “Where do you want me to go?”
“To where people of your age go! To Himalayas.”
Gandhi: “This is my Himalayas. To die at your service is my Duty. I says stay here, one says go away. whom shall I listen. I will listen only to the voice of God”
“Which could be God talking to you through me! Why don’t you listen to this voice and go away!”
After his aid angrily cuts the family, Gandhi says its better that they vent their anger on me, rather than their Muslim brothers! He gets a reply, “Hum koyi Mahatma nahi Bapu”
At this juncture, Gandhi moves to meet Saket and jokinly says “These girls seem to remind me that I am a Mahatma. Yesterday, I slipped and fell in a bathroom. Had I Died, the whole world wudve known I am not a Mahatma.

Saket is introduced as the man who saved Muslims in riots. Dialogues again:

Gandhi: “My Ram from the South”
Saket: Moves behind avoiding any contact with Gandhi…
He then learns Saket ties the rakhi to Nafisa every-year
Gandhi: “When did she become your Sister”
Saket: “Before my country was torn into pieces”
Gandhi: “See Mr.Upili ur Son-in-law is also a Mahatma”
Saket: “No Am not”
Gandhi: “Most Mahatmas don’t agree they are one! Do you think I am a Mahatma?”
Saket: “You denied by saying you are. So shall deny you another denial” (Best dialogue clearly describing what Saket felt about Gandhi)
Gandhi: “About Amjad, I am deeply sorry. You know Ram , I am willing to take every form of communal hatred in the form of a bullet”
Saket: “ That’s exactly what Amjad said before he was struck down”
He then asks Saket to accompany him on his journey to Pakistan and retires to his room
saying “Kunjum KunjumTamil theriyum Namaku. Nethiku vango! Nethiku is tiomorrow right?”

On hearing Nethiku is yesterday, Gandhi jokes “Yesterday…..So my critics are right. They say that this Gandhi is still stuck with yesterday

4)
Amjad: “Nigajatha sollu nee enga Muslim’sa kola varaliya (Saket shakes No). Allah, I don’t know why you carry this gun, but you need my help to take you out.”

Saket: “I don’t think so. Nanae thapichiducvae”

Amjad: “ Thapika Gun use vannu-va illa?”

and then they run to hide in another place….

Saket, not tolerating it any more murmurs “Pongo,Ellarum Unga edathikae Pongo” Amjad: “Ellarayum enga da poga solra?”

Saket : “ Un Jinnah oda Pakistan-ku”

Amjad: “ Jinnah oda sondha-magalae, India-dhan en Nadu nu erundhuta. Yarayum edhuku da poga solar, Edhu enn Nadu!”

Saket: “ Un Nada, Kybher vazhiya vandha videshi nee”

Amjad: “ Nan videshi,Nee swadeshi (chuckles disbelievingly). Un ramar mattum enna indha Nadu dhana”

Saket: “ En Ramar pathi pesadhey”

Amjad: “ Seri seri un Ramar pathi pesala, but enaku therinja Ram pathi pesalaam-la…What has happended to you Ram?Tell me Ram, Am I not your Brother?”

Saket: “Adhunala dhan da nee innum uyiroda eruka!! Amjad en Manasu marathikula dhaivuseidhi nee poidu”

5)
I don’t know Bhairav. I only know Ram. He saved my life”

After being pestered about Bhairav, Amjad says” Edhuku munnadi nan andha mirugatha pathadhilla.( indirectly reffering to the animal or violent mind in Saket) . I only know Ram, He saved my life and dies.”


Tats Kamal's Dialogues for you... waiting for many more such dialogues..

' Veronica decides to die ' - A Review

Book :- Veronica decides to die.
Author :- Paulo Coehlo

Story

A girl named Veronica decides to die and swallows sleeping pills. She decided to die because of monotony and boredom in her life. She is then rescued and gets admitted into a 'Mental' hospital.She is been told that she would die in few days time.

The book then revolves around the life of other 'MAD' people in the hospital and the interaction of Veronica with them.

Eventually , Veronica wants to live longer when she herself knows she would die sooner.In the End ,The awareness of death makes her to live life more.

Best parts of the book :

--> This book gives a whole new meaning to the concept of madness.
A story in the book defines madness.

" A Sorcerer curses the main well of a Village.So anyone who drinks water from that well turns MAD.All the Villagers drink water from that well and become MAD except the King and his Family . The Villagers think that the King is MAD. Unable to control the Villagers uprising , the King and his family too Drink water from that well. SO everyone became MAD and they all lived happily ever after."

---> The Great lines
The book has some wonderful lines which makes us to think .

a) People talked more freely to a psychiatrist than they did to a priest because a doctor couldn't threaten them with Hell.

b)Each human being is unique, each with his own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure and desire for adventure. However society always imposes on us a collective way of behaving, and people never stop to wonder why they behave like that.

c)Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity, shyness, shame, constraint, but why fear? That was only justifiable when confronted by a real threat: ferocious animals, armed attackers, earthquakes, but not a group of people gathered. But human beings are like that we have replaced all our emotions with fear.

d)Fantasies are electrical impulses in brain which if not realized will release their energy elsewhere.

e) Other than grave pathological reasons people go mad only when they try to escape from routine.

f)Have you ever thought why alphabets are arranged in a hapazard manner in a typewriter ?

g) You could cry, get worried or angry like any other normal human being, as long as you remembered that, up above, your spirit was laughing out loud at all those thorny situations.

h) 'Is wanting to be different a serious illness?'
'It is if you force yourself to be the same as everyone else: it causes neuroses, psychoses and paranoia. It's a distortion of nature, it goes against God's laws, for in all the world's woods and forests, He did not create a single leaf the same as another.

I)Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but do so without attracting attention.


Bad Parts of the book

NONE

VERDICT

A book par excellence .

Kamal Haasan was once asked by a reporter " How come you are able to come up with sterling performances in each of your films , Is it because you perform thinking that every film is your First ?"

Kamal Replied " NO , I perform in every film as if its my LAST "

The essence of this book is very similar. It says " Live your life as if it is the last day in your life".

I am trying...