Top 10 movie lines

here are some of my favourite
movie one-liners ever.

“May the force be with you“

Who can forget this Star Wars
classic line? If you have watched
any of the Stars Wars double
trilogy movies, this line is
probably repeated millions of
times through the course of the
narrative.

“Tumhara naam kya hai
Basanti?“

This line ALWAYS cracks me up.
And the best part is the visual
that comes along with it.
Amitabh ’s character Jai sitting at
the back of Basanti’s rickety
horse tanga, looking bored,
uninterested; while
Dharmendra ’s character Veeru is
trying his best to woo the village
belle. Hilarious! I know there are
some classic lines in Sholay that
are worth mentioning, but
somehow, this one has always
been my favourite. Let me know
what is your favourite Sholay line.

“The name is Bond, James
Bond“

Now, if you can’t tell what line
this is, then what have you seen?
(A very poor translation of the
Hindi saying ‘Yeh nahi dekha toh
kya dekha?‘) A must-have line for
every single Agent 007 film that
was ever made, this line is, for
sure, a classic in the one-liner hall
of fame.

“Mere paas maa hai“

… And that’s how Shashi Kapoor
made Amitabh Bachchan shut up
in the classic Bollywood movie
Deewar; and not to mention,
delivered arguably the best one-
liner there is in Bollywood
cinema.

“You complete me/You had
me at hello“

Boyfriends beware! When Tom
Cruise said this line to his silver
screen girlfriend Rene Zellweger
in Jerry Maguire, he made a
benchmark that not many can
better. And although I find this
line one of the most cheesiest
there ever was, well, what can
one say about love?

“Yeh jo dhaai kilo ka haath…“

I can’t help but remember a
friend of mine imitating this
classic Sunny Deol line from
Damini. My friend ’s take of that
line is of course exaggerated and
hilarious; but then again, think
about it. The line actually means,
‘ This two and half kilo hand…”!!!
Oh and don’t miss the end of the
dialogue, “…kissi pe padta hai na,
woh admi uthta nahi, uth jata
hai. ”

“This isn’t personal. This is
business/I’ll make him an
offer he can’t refuse”

I have to admit, honestly, I am no
fan of The Godfather trilogy. I
find it a whole and soul ‘guy-
movie’, and will leave it for the
guys to watch. But consider this:
How many times have you heard
these lines? Whether in TV soaps
or in other movies, these lines
from Godfather made it what it is
today. A special mention has to
be made about Al Pacino and
veteran Marlon Brando. I don’t
think anyone else would have
done justice to these lines.

“I love you K-k-k-Kiran!“

Watching SRK, the king of
romance, take a psychotic U-turn
in the movie Darr, was spine-
chilling to say the least. His
stammer, his extreme fixation for
Juhi ’s character and his eventual
death, were all new to his fans;
and boy, did they lap it up. In a
non-comparative way, SRK ’s role
in Darr reminds me of Norman
Bates from the Hollywood thriller
Psycho. Brrrr!

“I’ll be back“
And again, we have a bad boy
role. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
playing the bad guy in
Terminator, delivers this line to
give fans and movie-goers a
sneak peek to what they could
expect in the movie.

“Khamosh!”
Bollywood veteran Shatrugan
Sinha used this line so liberally in
his film Naram Garam, that it
became synonymous with his
personality! Recently, when he
defeated Congress party ’s
Shekhar Suman in Bihar
Parliamentary elections, he is
reported to have said, “I’d just
like to tell him, ‘Khamosh!’.” A
true artist, true to his filmi
personality.
I know I had space for 10 only.
But I have to mention ‘Mogambo
khush hua!‘ as a favourite too.
One of the late Amrish Puri’s
most classic lines from Mr. India,
this line is a sure shot favourite
among people of all ages, just as
the film in its entirety is a classic.

Are these your favourites? Do
you have your own list? Let me
know about it.