| Crash course on Bollywood dialogue writing |
| By Moses Navgire (IndiaFM News Bureau), July 25, 2006 - 00:07 IST |
People usually keep saying that making a career in Bollywood is not so easy. It's true that you need to have good contacts and a good luck to make it big in this industry but at the same time, you need to be smart. More than hard work, you should work smartly in Bollywood. And how exactly to do this is what we are going to teach you in this dialogue writing course.
If you are an aspiring writer and have thought of dialogue writing as a career option, all you have to do is watch some old Hindi films. Notice the situations, the emotions and relating dialogues. After a few films you'll notice a striking similarity between the situations in the films and the corresponding dialogues. So, just put the right dialogue in the right situation and you become a writer. To make things easy for you, we have made special notes taking portions from the ideal Bollywood script. We have written the important scenes with corresponding dialogues. So, you don't have to go through the videos taking down observations. Just read the following notes carefully and learn how writing in Bollywood is done.
Crucial situation # 1A Bollywood film always starts with showing some horrifying crime the villain commits. Apparently, the prey of the villain happens to be the Hero's truthful father and Hero's mother witnesses the murder. This is the time when our hero is a 6 month old baby, but his mother vows that her son will take revenge.
Maa: yeh badle ki aag ab tere khoon se hi bujhegi kamine. Aur yeh badle mera beta lega. Crucial situation # 220 years later, the hero becomes 21yrs old. He completes his degree with a first class, also a trophy for excellence in sports and an award in dance competition at college fest and a certificate for finding a technical error in Newton's
E=mc2. So the extraordinary hero comes home with all these trophies and presents them to his widow mother who is busy sewing clothes. Well yea sewing clothes is how she makes money. That is how she paid for her son's Cambridge School's fees, his hostel charges, college fees, the amazing locations he takes his girlfriend to just sing songs and yea also rent of their one room cottage.
Hero: maa, main 1st class ke saath pass ho gaya Maa: agar aaj tumhare baapu zinda hote to kitne khush hote beta Hero: yeh kya maa, tumhare aakhon mein aasu? Maa: yeh toh khushi ke aasu hai beta…Maa: (wiping off her tears)
ab chal jaldi se haath muh dhole, maine tere liye gaajar ka halwa banaya hai. Crucial situation # 3Some ugly bad guys from the street kidnap the Heroine and take her to a jungle far far away to rape her. They are almost close to doing it when suddenly Hero reaches there from nowhere and knocks the bad people down. The heroine is apparently his secret crush from college who she always ignores. She is scared and gets highly emotional then.
Heroine: agar tum sahi samay par nahi aate toh na jaane mera kya hota Heroine: (suddenly questions him)
tumne mere liye apni jaan khatre main kyun daali? Hero: kyunki main tumse pyar karta hoon Crucial Scene # 4Hero hears the story of his fathers murder from his widow, white sari clad mother.
Hero: Ab mere jeene ka maksad sirf pitaji ki maut ka badla haiCrucial Scene # 5Hero finds out that the villain who murdered his
pitaji is actually the Heroine's father, who shows the world that he is a businessman but he actually makes money by smuggling drugs, diamonds and gold biscuits. Heroine gets annoyed when Hero tells her about this.
Hero: Tumhare pitaji businessman nahi, hindustan ke sabse bade smuggler haiHeroine: (annoyed)
Tum mere daddy ke bare mein aisi baatein kar bhi kaise sakte ho! Ab main tumhari shakal tak nahi dekhna chahti Crucial Scene # 6Hero ki Maa reminds him of another responsibility on his shoulders.
Maa: Beta, pata nahi mere zindagi ke kitne din baaki hai. Ek baar teri behen ke haath pile kar doon, phir mein chain se mar sakti hoonHero: (promises)
Maa main wadaa karta hoon, behena ki shaadi main jald se jald karwa doonga. Aur tum marne ki baatein mat karo. Crucial Scene # 7The heroine finds out about her father's illegal business and gets shocked.
Heroine: Toh Vijay (hero) ne aapke bare main sahi kaha tha, aap gunde hai, smuggler hain, desh-drohi hain! Hero: Batameez! Us kamine ke behkaave main aake tu mujhse zabaan lada rahi hai. Tum kal hi amrica (America) ja rahi hoHeroine: Duniya ki koi takat hame juda nahi kar sakti pitaji. Aap bhi nahi. Crucial Scene # 8Meanwhile, remember the goons whom the hero thrashed in CS # 3? Ok so these bad guys make a comeback to take revenge from the hero who ruined their party plus he had beaten them up like animals. Now, to take revenge they kidnap his younger sister and take her to a lonely cow-shed.
Tapori no.1: Tere bhai apne aap ko bohut bahadur samajta hai, ab bula usse tujhe bachaneHero's behen: Bhagwan ke liye mujhe chhod doTapori no. 2: tere jaisi sunder cheez ko bhagwan ke liye chod do? Hehe..HahahahaaaHero's behen: (shouts)
BACHAAO!! Tapori no. 1: chilaa, aur chilaa! Yahan teri cheekh sunne walah koi nahinThe goons get closer to her and hero ki behen screams
Hero ki behen: NAAHIIIIIIIIIII! Hero ki behen then returns back with torn clothes (it's torn only on the shoulders), broken bangles and marks all over her body. Hero's not home that time. She goes and hugs her mother and starts crying.
Hero ki behen: maa, mein lut gayi, barbaad ho gayi Maa instead on supporting her daughter, gets offensive
Hero ki Maa: tumne ab hame kahin mooh dikhane layak nahi chodaHero ki Behen: (shocked) maa?
Hero ki Maa: ab hum logon ko kya jawab denge, tujhse kaun shaadi karega? Tune poore khaadan ki izzat mitti mein mila di. Ja nikal ja is ghar se. Hero ki behen runs out of the house, jumps into the well and commits suicide. Hero's mother realizes her mistake later and then starts crying on her daughter's death.
Hero ki maa: yeh tune kya kiya beti! Crucial scene # 8When Hero knows about this, he loses his cool and tracks down the goons who are doing some 'aiyashi' on the streets.
Tapori no.1 kaun hai be tu? Hero: tere samne teri maut khadi hai kamine And he starts bashing them again and is about to kill them when some wise old man from somewhere arrives and stops him.
Wise old man: rukh jao beta, inke khoon se apne haath gande mat karo. When hero leaves them, one of the goons picks a bamboo stick and goes to attack the hero, but the wise old man pushes hero away and instead gets a hit on his head.
Crucial scene # 9Hero takes the injured old man to the hospital. On the way Hero sees the khandani tattoo of sun on the old man's hand and comes to know that this man is his father.
Doctor: Inka toh bohut khoon bhe chukka hai. phoren operation karna padega. (turns to a nearby nurse)
Nurse operation ki tayyari karo. After a while, nurse comes out of operation theatre.
Nurse: Unki haalth bohut nazuk hai, unhe khoon ki zaroorat hai. And hero gives his blood. After a little while, the red bulb outside OT goes off. Doctors comes out from OT.
Doctor: Humne unhe bacha toh liya hai par…..unki yaadash chali gayi hai. Umeed mat hariye, Bhagwaan ne chaya toh sab thik ho jayega. Ab inhe dawao ki nahi duao ki zaroorat haiOld man wakes up with a bandage on his forehead and dot of blood on the right side of his forehead.
Old man: Main kaun hoon. Main kahan hoon…Hero tries a lot to remind him of his past, but fails.
Crucial scene # 10Hero comes to know that the Villain (heroine's father) has locked the heroine in her bedroom as he finds out about their affair. Hero enters the house, bashes all the villain's
bhade ke tattu and frees the Heroine from her room. He's about to take her out of the house when…
Heroine's father: Wahin rukh jao warna main tumhe goli maar dungaHero: Hum pyar karnewale maut se nahi darrteHeroine's father: Rukh jao warna main goli chala dunga. Heroine: Ab hume milne se Bhagwaan bhi nahi rok sakta. Hero impressed with the heroine gives her a gift
Hero: Yeh meri maa ke Kangan hai. Maa ne kaha tha tum jisse pyar karte ho, usse pehna dena. Aaj se yeh tumhare hai. Crucial scene # 11Hero reaches home happily with the heroine and finds a letter that says
"Tumhari maa hamare kabze main hai" . The villain has taken her to his underground den behind
kaali ghati. Annoyed Hero goes to
kaali ghati to get back his mom and kick the villain's butt.
Hero: Kis bil mein chupke baitha hai kuttay! Agar maa ka doodh piya hai toh saamne aaVillain: Hmmm. Aa gaye. Tumhari maa tumhara kabse intezaar kar rahi hai Hero: Is jung ki shurwat tumne ki, ab usse khatam mein karoonga. Aaj main tujhse mere pitaji ka badla lekar rahongaVillain: Bache, yahan par log aate hai apni marzi se hai, par jaate hai meri marzi se. Hero then starts fighting all the
bhaade ke tattus i.e, villain gang. He frees his mother from villain's grip and is about to escape when ….
Villain top aide: Rukh jao warna main isse goli mar dunga (Villain is holding hero's father on his gunpoint).
Hero: agar unhe ek kharoch bhi aayi toh mai teri jaan le longaHero's father: tum meri fiqar mat karo beta, par in gundo ke samne apne ghutne mat teknaSuddenly, one of the hero's childhood friends reaches in time and holds the villain on gunpoint.
Hero's friend: Apne aadmiyon se kaho ki bandookein niche phek de. Agar zara bhi hilne ki koshish ki toh goli maar dungaVillain: jaldi, bandookein niche phek doThat's when one of villain's aides throws a wooden carton on Hero's friend and his gun falls. Fight begins again. During the fight a log of wood falls on hero's father's head and his
"yaadaash" returns. He finds himself next to his wife and shouts out…
Hero's father: Sita! Meri yaadash waapis aa gayiHero's Maa: Bhagwaan ka laakh laakh shukar hai. Woh dekho aapka beta Vijay Hero gets hold of villain finally.
Hero: Is pal ka intezaar maine bohut saalon se kiya hai. Aaj main tera khoon pi jaaoga kuttay. DISHKYAAAoooonn! The police arrives and the inspector shoots a bullet in air.
Inspector: Rukh jaao! Kanoon ko apne haath main mat lo. Isse jo bhi saja deni hai, woh kanoon dega. The Hero also finds a red colored dairy which contains all the crimes the villain has done till date which he gives to Police Inspector.
Crucial scene # 12 The scene in court room is very important. The Judge reads out the judgment
Judge: Sare sabutoon aur gawaahon ke bayanaat ko madde nazar rakhte hua, yeh adalat mulzim Thaapar (villain) ko Tazeerat-e-hind dafa 302 ke tehet faasi ki saja sunati hai. Aur uske saathiyon ko10 saal kaide baamushakat deti hai. People start making noise
Judge: Order order. Saath hi saath yeh adaalat Vijay ko baa izzat bari karti hai. THE END Besides these, keep this collection of some other important dialogues which you will need from time to time.
Heroine
Romantic: Hato… tum bade woh ho!
Pyaar ka ikraar: Tumhare liye mein sari duniya chod dungi
Tragedy: Maine tumhe kya samjha, aur tum kya nikley!
Meeting the Hero years after they slept together: Yeh hamare pyar ki nishani hai
Mother
Annoyed mother: Tu paida hone se pehle mar kyun nahi gaya
Sad mother : Yeh sunese pehle mere kaan kyun nahi phat gaye
Angry mother : Aaj se tum hamare liye marr chuke ho
Father
Annoyed father: Mere jeeteji yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti.
Main kahta hoon, Door ho jaa meri nazron sey
Aaj se is ghar ke darwaze tumhare liye hamesha ke liye bandh ho gaye
Ehsaan tale daba father: Main aapka yeh ehsaan zindagi bhar nahi bhula paoonga
Maine aapka namak khaya hai sethji
Villain
Money lender villain: Toh us namak ke paise kaun dega, tera baap?
Firang villain: Batao faarmoola kahan hay?
Ab Saare Hindustan par hamara raaj hoga
Flirt villain: Kahan jaa rahi ho chhamak chhalon
In gori gori kalaiyon ko kaam karne ki kya zaroorat hai
Atheist villain: Bula tere bhagwan ko-- dekhta hoon kaun ata hai?
Khatarnaak villain: Gaddari ki ek hi sazaa hoti hai, maut
Uski koi kamzori hogi, koi maa ya behan?
Hero's sister
After indulging in sexual acts with Mr. Wrong:
Mein tumhare bachhe ki maa ban ne wali hoon
Main kissi ko muh dikhane layak nahi rahi
Khadoos mother in law
Eh Chudail, tere baap ne ab tak dahej ki rakam nahin chukayi
Ey Kulta, ab kaha se mooh kala karke aayee hain?
Aah Haa Haa, dekho toh, maharani, yahan baithey baithey maaje se parothe kha rahi hain
Doctor
Doctor with bad news: I am sorry
Doctor with good news: Badhai ho, tum baap bannay waalay ho
Incapable doctor: Ab sabh kuch upar waley ke haath mein hain
Bacche ko to hum ney bacha liya par maa...
Aapne inhe yahan lane mein thodi der kar di
So there you go. Study these notes well and you'll be a successful writer in Bollywood. Hope this crash course helped you grow as a writer and also as a human being.
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