Going back to our past and reminiscing things we have enjoyed is a wonderful feeling and this happens whenever we see our old albums. One such thing is some of my favorite tamil movie dialogues which I have enjoyed in the past which still bring a curve in my face when I watch these. The dialogue writers who wrote these in those days would have never dreamt that their dialogues are going to be evergreen. These dialogues are very simple and something that happens next door and that is why it reached people. Let me go over five such dialogues; There are two conditions before you can relate to the following dialogues - you watch Tamil films, you were born in 80's and peak of your childwood were in 90's .
Interview scene in Thillu Mullu: Thalaivar as Aiyampettai Arivudainambi Kaliyaperumal Chandran and Thengai Srinivasan as Sriramachandramurthy were absolutely brilliant; Direction by KB sir and dialogues by Visu just complimented each other - it had Intelligence, humour, sarcasm, political affiars, philosophy, modesty, humbleness, Patriotism, Economics etc., No matter how many times you watch you always enjoy
En Pondatty Ooruku Poita in Agni Nakshatram: Janagaraj sends off his wife Thangamani to his In laws place for delivery and expresses disappointment but as soon as the bus leaves he goes about shouting his wife left ....I have seen many of my friends as well as their spouses relate to this scene and even the Tamil Diaspora abroad is no exception ..somehow people are reminded of this dialogue when their wife visits Inlaws place. Maniratnam being categorized as a multiplex director penned this one and one of those dialogues which had a huge reach among Tamil audience.
Ek Gaon me ek Kisan Raghu Thaata in Endru poi Naalai Vaa: Trust me this is one line which made everyone in Tamil nadu speak Hindi. Everytime when a Tamil guy tries to learn a new language and makes mistakes reading a line then immediately they are taken back to this dialogue. Pampering by grand mother is another aspect in the scene which again depicts slice of life in those days. Bhagyaraj should be given credit for this epic scene.
Car reverse scene in Aan paavam: In many occasions such as my initial driving classes in India, my new driving classes in Kansas with my roomate, whenever I thought driving for friends I am always reminded of this scene especially while taking reverse. Though the joke may fall into mokkai category but nevertheless it brought smile for the audience. Pandiarajan at his best with simple natural humour with no double meaning dialogues. "Nee mattum engammava katalam naan ungammava katta kudatha" is another epic dialogue and sheer simplicity did wonders.
Mr.Chandramouli in Mouvna Raagam: Modern day directors have defined romantic scene should possess Lee jeans, U neck T shirt, gucci watch, Coffee day, foreign locales etc., but they forget that romantic scene doesn't need any of these ...Look at the Mr.Chandramouli scene from Mouvna Raagam - sheer brilliance from Mani Ratnam. Revathi comes with a simple dress as a middle class girl, Karthik is uber cool with his body language and dialogues and then comes Revathi's dad who is a middle class retired bank manager. The way in which Revathi reacts after spotting her father in Coffee shop by biting her nails, way in which her Dad is confused talking to Karthik and way in which Karthik makes Revathi's dad believe that they know each other and finally when Revathi is relieved her dad went, she splashes water to Karthik with a water jug with Raja sir's BGM in the background.....Zoom in close up shots of hero and heroine where eyes talk each other ...This is Romance ......
As you can see all five scenes are pretty simple and believe that was the reason people liked so much even these days ...Recently saw a movie Chi la Sow (Telugu movie) and just loved it as the movie was pretty simple and it was just hero and heroine doing all the talking and both of them had just one costume throughout the movie. Best part was heroine appeared in pimples and there is even a dialogue in the movie about her pimples ...when movie dialogues carry slice of life audience tend to relate and enjoy even more and believe the dialogues I mentioned above are just part and parcel of everyday life and that is way these dialogues have been evergreen even after few decades.
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