Return of dialoguebaazi
Forget item songs, it's the dialogues and one-liners that are drawing the masses to the theatres again and… again!
'Yeh haath mujhe dede Thakur' or 'Main aaj bhi pheke hue paise nahi utatha' or 'Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi na mumkin hai' — all these cult dialogues of 70s played an integral part in the films success. They soon got eclipsed when romances and music began ruling the root in late 90s. But now they're back and how!
Punchlines and heavy-duty dialogues began making waves with actor Salman Khan's brand of films. The first of it being Wanted, whose dialogue —Maine ek baar jo commitment kardi toh main apne aap ki bhi nahi sunta became a rage with the masses. Since then most film has had its own share of dialoguebaazi.
Says according Wanted's writer Shiraz, "For almost a decade, films had dialogues more suited for the NRI audiences taste. But when I was writing dialogues for Wanted, director (and dancer) Prabhudeva ensured that I wrote punch lines and dialogues that made audiences clap on hearing them. I hesitated initially but then realised that these kind of dialogues added spice to the content. They have a great mass appeal, be it Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai, Dabanngg or even the latest Dirty Picture, the USP of the film besides an amazing performance, are the splendid dialogues spoken by the actors."
Actor Jimmy Shergill, whose dialogues were appreciated in the film Sahib Biwi aur Gangster, agrees. "Just like music, dialogues are a very important aspect of any film. A heavy-duty dialogue will always linger on audiences mind. Remember Sholay or Don to the recent Dabangg. Dialogues definitely played a major role in the success of these films, besides it also having a strong starcast. It had punch lines that everyone loved to hear. It's a big high too for an actor to see his dialogues being repeated by people in their daily lives."
Trade Analyst Komal Nahta says that the remakes of South films have led to the return of dialogues. "South films believe in punch lines and strong dialogues, so now that Bollywood is remaking their films, we too are stressing on punchy lines. And people love it. For instance the TRPs of Singham was 9.6, while Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara approx 1.7, when it was shown on TV. It's a clear indicator of the massy appeal of such films. Again, while the trend is here to stay, it suits only action and retro style flicks. Besides, very few actors can carry them off with conviction," he explains.
Forget item songs, it's the dialogues and one-liners that are drawing the masses to the theatres again and… again!
'Yeh haath mujhe dede Thakur' or 'Main aaj bhi pheke hue paise nahi utatha' or 'Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi na mumkin hai' — all these cult dialogues of 70s played an integral part in the films success. They soon got eclipsed when romances and music began ruling the root in late 90s. But now they're back and how!
Punchlines and heavy-duty dialogues began making waves with actor Salman Khan's brand of films. The first of it being Wanted, whose dialogue —Maine ek baar jo commitment kardi toh main apne aap ki bhi nahi sunta became a rage with the masses. Since then most film has had its own share of dialoguebaazi.
Says according Wanted's writer Shiraz, "For almost a decade, films had dialogues more suited for the NRI audiences taste. But when I was writing dialogues for Wanted, director (and dancer) Prabhudeva ensured that I wrote punch lines and dialogues that made audiences clap on hearing them. I hesitated initially but then realised that these kind of dialogues added spice to the content. They have a great mass appeal, be it Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai, Dabanngg or even the latest Dirty Picture, the USP of the film besides an amazing performance, are the splendid dialogues spoken by the actors."
Actor Jimmy Shergill, whose dialogues were appreciated in the film Sahib Biwi aur Gangster, agrees. "Just like music, dialogues are a very important aspect of any film. A heavy-duty dialogue will always linger on audiences mind. Remember Sholay or Don to the recent Dabangg. Dialogues definitely played a major role in the success of these films, besides it also having a strong starcast. It had punch lines that everyone loved to hear. It's a big high too for an actor to see his dialogues being repeated by people in their daily lives."
Trade Analyst Komal Nahta says that the remakes of South films have led to the return of dialogues. "South films believe in punch lines and strong dialogues, so now that Bollywood is remaking their films, we too are stressing on punchy lines. And people love it. For instance the TRPs of Singham was 9.6, while Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara approx 1.7, when it was shown on TV. It's a clear indicator of the massy appeal of such films. Again, while the trend is here to stay, it suits only action and retro style flicks. Besides, very few actors can carry them off with conviction," he explains.
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