Your fave one-liner man is Gabbar Singh. Yes, he rules, and Sholay is the winner. For Veeru, the line that defines him is Main bhi tere khoon ki kasam khaata hoon, ek-ek ko chun-chun kar maaroonga, ek-ek ko chun-chun kar maaroonga. Gabbar Singh, main aa raha hoon! But Jai’s quizzical quips and Basanti’s juggernaut jaw are remembered as well. Some lines, already carried in the past issues, are not being repeated. Yoon ki, Ram Gopal Varma has announced his Sholay remake, but till then it’s Ramesh Sippy ka Sholay all the way...

 

Yahaan se pachchaas-pachchaas kos door gaon mein jab bachcha raat ko rota hai, to maa kehti hai, bete, so ja...so ja nahin to Gabbar Singh aa jaayega ? Amjad Khan

Rajat, Calcutta

Saala nautanki, ghadi-ghadi drama karta hai ? Amitabh Bachchan

Loha garam hai, maar do hatoda ? Sanjeev Kumar

Indraneel Mandal, calcutta

Mujhe befazool baat karne ki aadat to hai nahin ? Hema Malini

Tum ne yeh nahin poochha ke hamaara naam kya hai ? Hema; Tumhaara naam kya hai, Basanti ? Amitabh

Hum angrez ke zamaane ke jailor hain ? Asrani

Arrey, bhai, yeh suicide kya hota hai? ? Villager 1; Angrez log jab marte hain to use suicide kehte hain ? Villager 2

Jab daaru utregi, tab yeh bhi utar aayega ? Amitabh

AKSHAR GROVER, Calcutta

Yeh Ramgarhwaale kaun-si chakki ka aata khaate hain? ? Amjad

Is kahaani mein action hai, emotion hai, drama hai, tragedy hai ? Dharmendra

Rajarshi Dutta, Calcutta

Saheb, sikka to khota dono taraf hi hota hai ? Jailor; Sikke aur insaan mein shaayad yehi farak hai ?Sanjeev

Hamaara naam Soorma Bhopali aise hi nahin hai ? Jagdeep

Do din mein sikha doonga ? Dharam; Auraton ko to isne do ghante mein sikha diya hai ? Amitabh

AKSHAR GROVER, CALCUTTA

Sardar, maine aap ka namak khaaya hai, Sardar ? Viju Khote; Ab goli kha ? Amjad

Chal Dhanno! Aaj teri Basanti ki ijjat ka sawaal hai ? Hema

Jai, aaj maine kuchh socha hai ? Dharam; Hmmm, kabhi-kabhi yeh kaam bhi karna chaahiye ? Amitabh

Pyaar se teri god mein khelenge, tumhaare kandhon pe jhoola jhoolenge, aur pyaar se totli zubaan mein kahenge, Ta-ta, ta-ta, hum ko kahaaniyaan sunaao ? Dharam; Yaani, shaadi ke baad, tere ghar mein mujhe ayah ki naukri milne wali hai ? Amitabh

Police coming, mausi going jail. Mausi chakki peesing and peesing and peesing... ? Dharam

Mausi bhi tayyar, Basanti bhi tayyar. Is liye marna cancel. Dharam

Yoon ki, ghoda ghaas se agar dosti kar le to woh khaayega kya

Nishant Kumar, Howrah

Yoon ki, yeh kaun bola?...Prabhu, Tum? Chamatkaar ho gaya! ? Hema

Tum ne socha yeh,ki hum gaon ke rehnewaale hain, is liye hum ko akal to hai nahin. Aur tum hume banaa loge ullu. Tum bahut hoshiyaar samajhte ho apne aap ko. Magar Basanti tum jaison ko haat mein bech kar aayegi, haan. ? Hema

Yeh aadmi [rokenge hume]? Suno! Thakur ne hijdon ki fauj banaayee hai ? Amjad

Kitne aadmi the?...Hmmm, do aadmi...Suar ke bachchon, woh do the, aur tum teen. Phir bhi wapas aa gaye. Khaali haath. Kya samajh kar aaye the, ki Sardar bahut khus hoga, sabaasi dega? ? Amjad

Chhey goli is ke andar. Chhey goli, aur aadmi teen. Bahut beinsaafi hai yeh. ? Amjad

Bach gaya, sala...Yeh bhi bach gaya..Tera kya hoga Kalia? ? Amjad

Tum ne suna, maine kya kaha? Woh sar...yeh pair ? Amjad

Gabbar se keh dena ki Ramgarhwaalon ne paagal kutton ke saamne roti daalna band kar diya ? Sanjeev

Bahut yaaraana lagta hai...bahut yaaraana lagta hai ? Amjad

Aur suno...Chhamak-chhalo. Jab tak tere pair chalenge uski saans chalegi. Tere pair ruke, to yeh bandook chalegi ? Amjad

Ab aayega maza khel ka. Aur yeh khel ab in dono ki zindagi ke saath hi khatam hoga. Aur khatam hoga Ramgarh ka ek-ek ghar? Amjad

AKSHAR GROVER, Calcutta