The Salim-Javed Story - Page 4

This is really good movie & I think each dialogue of this movie is worth listening and touches my heart...and movie ka ta koi jawab hee nahin hai...bhaiya this is one of my favorite movie too...

Originally posted by: Surpremi

Sahana, these are gut wrenching dialogues from my all time favorite movie - Trishul - Gulshan Rai at his Best !!  I first wore out the video tape and then the DVD too - God knows I must have watched this movie 50 times and would never mind watching it again.  It just grips me - the emotions overwhelm me - Thanks for this thread and reviving these dialogues -  I shall print them and put them on my wall  -  Just incase, I need motivation anytime  ......  😆😆

Originally posted by: punjini

Great to see you Surpremi and Sunitha on this thread. I was talking to myself for a greater part of this thread!

Did Gulshan Bawra write the story of Trishul? Well, I am sure Salim-Javed have given an entirely different colour to his book, if he wrote it.

Take for instance the dialogue "aap mere najayaz baap hai". Actually there is no such phrase as "najaayaz baap". Until then, in Hindi films, it was always najaayaz beta. Javed says he decided to turn the phrase on its head and this was noticed by discerning viewers of the time.

Danka Sehr Sahana !!  3 more dialogues come to my mind and I am sure you will understand why - I write them as I remember them so there will be mistakes, although I need to perfect it for obvious reasons:

1. Amitjee: "Mainey yeh haar dekha tho mujhey aisa laga ki itna keemti to nahin magar agar aap isse pehan leyngey tho is ki shaan bahut hi baddh jayegi"

2. Shashijee: "Iss mein kya badi baath hai - eent ko utha kar rakhney ke liyey hee keh diya hai na - tho kar do -  Haan agar, eent ko uthai rakhney ke liyey kaha hotha tho phir baath kuch aur hee thi"

3. Amitjee: "Voh uss galli se bhi nahin guzreyga jahan aapaka ana jana ho"

I need to perfect the first one -  Hence request for Sunitha  -  as you watch it - plz correct me on the exact version of these 3 dialogues ...  😆😆 Thanks in advance !!

Here is a repertoire of Salim-Javed/Javed's work.

ANDAZ (1971)
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Story / Screenplay: Sachin Bhowmick & Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Gulzar
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Achla Sachdev, Aruna Irani, Rajesh Khanna

HAATHI MERE SAATHI (1971)
Producer: Chinnapa Devar
Director: M. Thirmugam
Story: Chinnapa Devar
Screenplay: Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Inder Raj Anand
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja, Sujit Kumar, David, Krishnakant, Randhir, Devar, Naaz, Abhi Bhattacharya, K.N. Singh

SEETA AUR GEETA (1972)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Story: Satish Bhatnagar
Screenplay: Sippy Films Story Department
Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Roopesh Kumar

YAADON KI BARAAT (1973)
Producer / Director: Nasir Hussain
Story / Screenplay: Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Nasir Hussain
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Cast: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Ajit, Neetu Singh

ZANZEER (1973)
Producer / Director: Prakash Mehra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Gulshan Bawra
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Pran, Ajit, Bindu

HAATH KI SAFAI (1974)
Producer: I. A. Nadiyadwala
Director: Prakash Mehra
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Indiver, Anjaan
Cast: Randhir Kapoor, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Simi

AAKRI DAO (1975)
Producer: M.M. Malhotra
Director: A Salaam
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Jeetendra, Saira Banu, Danny, Padma Khanna

DEEWAR (1975)
Producer: Gulshan Rai
Director: Yash Chopra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Cast: Shahi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Nirupa Roy, Nitu Singh, Parveen Babi

SHOLAY (1975)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Salim-Javed:
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan, A.K. Hangal, Satyen Kappu, Iftekhar

CHACHA BHATIJA (1977)
Producer: Baldev Pushkarna, M.M. Malhotra
Director: manmohan Desai
Story: Prayag Raaj
Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Randhir Kapoor, Yogeeta Bali, Rehman, Anwar Hussain, Indrani Mukherjee, Jeevan, Roopesh Kumar, Tun Tun

IMAAN DHARAM (1977)
Producer: Premji
Director: Desh Mukherjee
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha

DON (1978)
Producer: Nariman Irani
Director: Chandra Barot
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Anjaan
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Om Shivpuri, Iftekhar, Helen

TRISHUL (1978)
Producer: Gulshan Rai
Director: Yash Chopra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Khayyam
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Rakhee, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Poonam Dhillon, Waheeda Rehman, Sachin

KAALA PATTHAR (1979)
Producer / Director: Yash Chopra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Rajesh Roshan
Lyrics: Sahir Ludianvi
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Prem Chopra

DOSTANA (1980)
Producer: Yash Johar
Director: Raj Khosla
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen

SHAAN (1980)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Sunil Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakhee, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

KRANTI (1981)
Producer / Director: Manoj Kumar
Story / Screenplay: Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Manoj Kumar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Manoj Kumar & Santosh Jain
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Shashikala, Sarika, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Pradeep Kumar, Master Aditya, Master Kunal

SHAKTI (1982)
Producer: Mushir Riaz
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amrish Puri

BETAAB (1983)
Producer: Bikram Singh Dehal
Director: Rahul Rawail
Writen by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Amrita Singh, Prem Chopra, Nirupa Roy, Sunder, Rajiv Anand, Goga Kapoor

DUNIYA (1984)
Producer: Yash Johar
Director: Ramesh Talwar
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Pran

MASHAAL (1984)
Producer / Director: Yash Chopra
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri, Anil Kapoor, Nilu Phule, Madan Puri, Mohan Agashe, Saeed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri

MERI JUNG (1985)
Producer: N.N. Sippy
Director: Subhash Ghai
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Nutan, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Khushboo, A.K. Hangal, Javed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri, Girish Karnad

SAAGAR (1985)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Kamalahasan, Dimple Kapadia, Nadira, Saeed Jaffrey

ZAMAANA (1985)
Producer: Jagdeesh Sharma
Director: Ramesh Talwar
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Usha Khanna
Lyrics:Majrooh Sultanpuri
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeeta, Poonam Dhillon, Om Puri

DACAIT (1987)
Producer / Director: Rahul Rawail
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Rakhee, Sunny Deol, Suresh Oberoi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Raza Murad, Paresh Rawal

MR. INDIA (1987)
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shridevi, Amrish Puri, Sharat Saxena, Bob Christo

JOSHILAY (1989)
Producer / Director: Sibte Hasan Rizvi
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Javed Akhar
Cast: Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Shridevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

MAIN AZAAD HOON (1989)
Producer: Habib Nadiadwala
Director: Tinnu Anand
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music:Amar Utpal
Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Manohar Singh, Anupam Kher, Ajit Vachani

ROOP KI RANI CHORON KA RAJA (1993)
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Satish Kaushik
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shridevi, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Johny Lever, Bindu

PREM (1995)
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Satish Kaushik
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Sanjay Kapoor, Tabu, Dalip Tahil, Deepak Tijori, Sunita Dhingra, Amrish Puri

KABHI NA KABHI (1998)
Producer: R. Mohan
Director: Priyadarshan
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: A.R. Rehman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Pooja Bhatt, Jackie Shroff

LAKSHYA (2004)
Producer: Ritesh Sidhwani
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hritik Roshan, Preeti Zinta

Edited by punjini - 17 years ago

Didn't know that Yaadon ki baraat was also S-J. Oh that scene of Zeenat in the 'pahadi temple' is very funny. Even the dialogue, where she introduces herself to the deity and then prays.  😆 Humorous dialogues were also very well handled by the duo. Remember that memorable scene in Sholay, where Amitabh goes to Basanti's mausi with Viru's rishta? Apparently Salim had gone to Honey Irani's folks on Javed'a behalf and had said similar stuff. Don't know how far that's true, but that seems to have been the inspiration, according to some sources. 😊 

Originally posted by: punjini

Here is a repertoire of Salim-Javed/Javed's work.

ANDAZ (1971)
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Story / Screenplay: Sachin Bhowmick & Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Gulzar
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini, Achla Sachdev, Aruna Irani, Rajesh Khanna

HAATHI MERE SAATHI (1971)
Producer: Chinnapa Devar
Director: M. Thirmugam
Story: Chinnapa Devar
Screenplay: Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Inder Raj Anand
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Tanuja, Sujit Kumar, David, Krishnakant, Randhir, Devar, Naaz, Abhi Bhattacharya, K.N. Singh

SEETA AUR GEETA (1972)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Story: Satish Bhatnagar
Screenplay: Sippy Films Story Department
Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Roopesh Kumar

YAADON KI BARAAT (1973)
Producer / Director: Nasir Hussain
Story / Screenplay: Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Nasir Hussain
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Cast: Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Ajit, Neetu Singh

ZANZEER (1973)
Producer / Director: Prakash Mehra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Gulshan Bawra
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Pran, Ajit, Bindu

HAATH KI SAFAI (1974)
Producer: I. A. Nadiyadwala
Director: Prakash Mehra
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Indiver, Anjaan
Cast: Randhir Kapoor, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Simi

AAKRI DAO (1975)
Producer: M.M. Malhotra
Director: A Salaam
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Jeetendra, Saira Banu, Danny, Padma Khanna

DEEWAR (1975)
Producer: Gulshan Rai
Director: Yash Chopra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Cast: Shahi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Nirupa Roy, Nitu Singh, Parveen Babi

SHOLAY (1975)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Salim-Javed:
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri, Amjad Khan, A.K. Hangal, Satyen Kappu, Iftekhar

CHACHA BHATIJA (1977)
Producer: Baldev Pushkarna, M.M. Malhotra
Director: manmohan Desai
Story: Prayag Raaj
Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Randhir Kapoor, Yogeeta Bali, Rehman, Anwar Hussain, Indrani Mukherjee, Jeevan, Roopesh Kumar, Tun Tun

IMAAN DHARAM (1977)
Producer: Premji
Director: Desh Mukherjee
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha

DON (1978)
Producer: Nariman Irani
Director: Chandra Barot
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji
Lyrics: Anjaan
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Om Shivpuri, Iftekhar, Helen

TRISHUL (1978)
Producer: Gulshan Rai
Director: Yash Chopra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Khayyam
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Rakhee, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Prem Chopra, Poonam Dhillon, Waheeda Rehman, Sachin

KAALA PATTHAR (1979)
Producer / Director: Yash Chopra
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: Rajesh Roshan
Lyrics: Sahir Ludianvi
Cast: Shashi Kapoor, Rakhee, Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Neetu Singh, Parveen Babi, Prem Chopra

DOSTANA (1980)
Producer: Yash Johar
Director: Raj Khosla
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Zeenat Aman, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Helen

SHAAN (1980)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Sunil Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Shatrughan Sinha, Rakhee, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

KRANTI (1981)
Producer / Director: Manoj Kumar
Story / Screenplay: Salim-Javed
Dialogue: Manoj Kumar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Manoj Kumar & Santosh Jain
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Hema Malini, Parveen Babi, Shashikala, Sarika, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Pradeep Kumar, Master Aditya, Master Kunal

SHAKTI (1982)
Producer: Mushir Riaz
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rakhee, Smita Patil, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amrish Puri

BETAAB (1983)
Producer: Bikram Singh Dehal
Director: Rahul Rawail
Writen by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Sunny Deol, Amrita Singh, Prem Chopra, Nirupa Roy, Sunder, Rajiv Anand, Goga Kapoor

DUNIYA (1984)
Producer: Yash Johar
Director: Ramesh Talwar
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rishi Kapoor, Amrita Singh, Prem Chopra, Amrish Puri, Pran

MASHAAL (1984)
Producer / Director: Yash Chopra
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Rati Agnihotri, Anil Kapoor, Nilu Phule, Madan Puri, Mohan Agashe, Saeed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri

MERI JUNG (1985)
Producer: N.N. Sippy
Director: Subhash Ghai
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Nutan, Anil Kapoor, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Khushboo, A.K. Hangal, Javed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri, Girish Karnad

SAAGAR (1985)
Producer: G.P. Sippy
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Kamalahasan, Dimple Kapadia, Nadira, Saeed Jaffrey

ZAMAANA (1985)
Producer: Jagdeesh Sharma
Director: Ramesh Talwar
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Usha Khanna
Lyrics:Majrooh Sultanpuri
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Ranjeeta, Poonam Dhillon, Om Puri

DACAIT (1987)
Producer / Director: Rahul Rawail
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Rakhee, Sunny Deol, Suresh Oberoi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Raza Murad, Paresh Rawal

MR. INDIA (1987)
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Written by: Salim-Javed
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shridevi, Amrish Puri, Sharat Saxena, Bob Christo

JOSHILAY (1989)
Producer / Director: Sibte Hasan Rizvi
Story / Screenplay / Dialogue: Javed Akhtar
Music: R.D. Burman
Lyrics: Javed Akhar
Cast: Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor, Shridevi, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda

MAIN AZAAD HOON (1989)
Producer: Habib Nadiadwala
Director: Tinnu Anand
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music:Amar Utpal
Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Manohar Singh, Anupam Kher, Ajit Vachani

ROOP KI RANI CHORON KA RAJA (1993)
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Satish Kaushik
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Shridevi, Anupam Kher, Jackie Shroff, Paresh Rawal, Johny Lever, Bindu

PREM (1995)
Producer: Boney Kapoor
Director: Satish Kaushik
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Cast: Sanjay Kapoor, Tabu, Dalip Tahil, Deepak Tijori, Sunita Dhingra, Amrish Puri

KABHI NA KABHI (1998)
Producer: R. Mohan
Director: Priyadarshan
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: A.R. Rehman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Pooja Bhatt, Jackie Shroff

LAKSHYA (2004)
Producer: Ritesh Sidhwani
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Written by: Javed Akhtar
Music: Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Hritik Roshan, Preeti Zinta

Not to forget the humorous dialogues in Seeta aur Geeta:
"Main maangi hui kapdon mein hamesha achhi dikhti hoon"

Originally posted by: punjini

You mean you regard the dialogues of Mughal-e-Azam to be better than Sholay's?

No doubt, Mughal-e-Azam has eloquent, flowery dialogues but I would never rate it above Sholay's. Sholay's dialogues were so tightly written that no one can improve upon them. They were pithy, simple and earthy, if you know what I mean. Ones which will appeal to one's heart instantly. You wouldn't need a translator to come and explain. And not a word out of place or over-emphasized.
Examples:
iftekaar: lekin yeh samaaj kya kahega?
Sanjeev Kr: Samaaj to insaan ko akelepan se bachaane ke liye baney hain.

Inspector: Khotey sikkey to dono taraf se khotey hote hain
Thakur: Sikko aur insaano mein shaayad yehi farq hai.

Another one:
Aaj main Allah se poochunga ki mujhe aur do-teen bete kyon nahin diye, is gaav pe shaeed hone ke liye.

Even without mentioning Hindu-Muslim unity, the dialogues get across that sense of unity in the village. This is class! One feels like giving a standing ovation to every piece of dialogue in Sholay.
 

As I already said Sahana, Mughal-e-azam dialogs were very strong, but the very heavy use of Urdu and possibly a period setting led to many people not understanding and relating to it that well...

Sholay surely stands out in that regard.... The dialogs were always apt and to the point, and at places the movie said the story even without any dialogs at all (remember Jaya dimming the lanterns and Amitabh playing the Harmonica 😳)

Trishul again had one of the best dialogs ever, and I think better dialogs than the more popular Deewar... Whose script is Shakti? Is it Salim-Javed too? I think thats another powerful movie with some great dialogs...

The more you think about these movies, the more you fall in love with the script-writer duo 👏

Sorry just check your post Sahana... Yes Shakti is so very Salim Javed... It had to be them....

Seeta aur Geeta surely had some of the best comic dialogs ever 😊

Right Jaya about Sholay succeeding at places even where there was no dialogue! 😃

But really, when I look at the list above, I realise that Javed Akhtar on his own did not really write dialogues with the same punch as he did with Salim. To me, Mashaal etc were not the same class as Salim-Javed's earlier movies. So I am positive that Salim was contributing equally to the dialogues. Javed always said the partnership was 50-50.

Not to forget that it was Salim who went with the proposal to Honey Irani's place on Javed's behalf and created the same situation which was re-created in Sholay. Which means Salim had a great sense of humour!

Arey Sahana ji...I dont post much, but I read everything. So don't ever feel that you are talking to yourself in any thread of yours 😊

Sure Sunil..I'll be watching it ASAP though I dont think your dialogues may need correction 😊

Sholay is pretty much a perfect movie...one that I have watched over and over and not got tired of. Thakur Saheb, Gabbar, Jay, Veeru are all classic characters cast to perfection and well directed. It sure has some very powerful, memorable dialogues.

But I'm afraid I can't say the same about its music 😕. Never enjoyed the songs in Sholay much. Edited by Sunitha.V - 17 years ago