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15th June 2007, 01:14 AM
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The best one-liners in Tamil films
I am not sure if this topic existed before. I couldnt find it in the list of topics yet.
AFI (American Film Institute) came up with a list of best one-liners in movies. And, as always, it was a myopic vision that restricts itself to movies made in Hollywood. The best onliners were
"Bond, ... James Bond"
"Round up the usual suspects"
"Frankly, my dear. I dont give a damn"
"I'll be back"
If we do the same thing for Tamil movies, which one-liners will make it to the top? For starters, I have the following:
"Pozhaichu Po" - Anbe Sivam
"Neenga nallavara, kettavara?" - Nayagan
"Naan oru thadavai sonna, nooru thadavai sonna maathiri" - Baasha
"Idhu eppadi irukku?" - 16 vayathinile
"Nakkeera, nandraaga ennaip paar. Naan ezhuthiya thamizh paattu kuttramaa?" - Thiruvilayadal
"Naan Aanaiyittaal, adhu nadanthu vittaal" - Enga veettu pillai (even though it comes as part of a song)
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15th June 2007 01:14 AM
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15th June 2007, 01:19 AM
#2
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how bt these
"en characteraiye purinjukka maatengraanunga " - Sathyaraj
andha innoru pazham enga ...?
adhu dhaane idhu ......
Goundamani n Senthil from Karagaattakaaran ...
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15th June 2007, 01:41 AM
#3
Adhukkulla, koundamani alavukku vandhutteengalaa?
Are we that starved of onliners in Tamil movies !?
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15th June 2007, 01:43 AM
#4
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well .... it doesnt mean that we are short of onliners ... just that it striked the mind first .....
thavira ... mukkiyamaana leading actors neenga solliteenga vithiyaasamaa solla vendaamaa
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15th June 2007, 01:48 AM
#5
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andavan thadukaratha yaaralaiyum kuduka mudiyathu..
aandavan kudukaratha yaaralaiyum thaduka mudiyaathu
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15th June 2007, 03:08 AM
#6
Neenga solrathum sarithaan. There are some comedians who have come up with some very good one-liners as well.
For example, Manorama in 'Thillana Mohanambal':
"Avunga anga aadina enna? Naanum oru Oramaa aadittu pOrEn."
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15th June 2007, 03:09 AM
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15th June 2007, 03:26 AM
#8
Overall, I feel that in Tamil movies, we haven't had the wealth of one-liners as in other languages.
Hindi had a ton of those lines, most of them, thanks to Amitabh. While Rajini has his share of one-liners, there are very few that have the impact or cult value of one-liners from English or even, Hindi, for that matter.
Maybe, it is because of rushed screenplays that depend on actual emoting on the screen by the actors, as compared to a good well written script. Even Maniratnam's dialogues are not that great, in spite of having good screenplays.
So, we are stuck with average lines like
"Adichaan paaruyya, mudhal baal-layE sixer" in Mudhalvan, from even the experts like Sujatha.
This is not a knock on Tamil films, but the approach taken in the industry.
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15th June 2007, 04:10 AM
#9
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"Leftla vitta, rightla thirumbikum" - Simbu/ Reema Sen - Vallavan
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15th June 2007, 04:11 AM
#10
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"Malai da! Anna Malai!"
"Unmayai Sonnen"- Baasha
"Thagadu Thagadu"- kaaki sattai
" I Know, I know, I know ....." - Raghuvaran ( forgot the movie name)
" Chellam, I love u da"- gillie
& the foremost
" PERAE KETTA UDANE SCHUMMA ADHIRUTHAELLA"!
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