The next time you watch a black & white Bollywood movie, observe this. The duets between the lead pairs are all platonic. Holding hands used to be rare. Chances are that the male and female characters are not even seen together in a scene in the song. Cut to the latest movies, sky is the limit to usher in romance (read sexual encounters) in the songs and scenes.
Cinema reflects the times in which people live. The movies then reflected the values of a conservative society while the movies now picture the ideas of this generation.
The type of movies has changed over generations and so is the meaning of love. Here are some sample Bollywood dialogues that reflect the love of their era. See how the meaning of love has changed over the years — from pure divine affections to scandalously dirty:
1. Pakeezah
Aap ke paon dekhe, bahut haseen hai. Inhezameen par mat utariyega, maile ho jayenge.
Flirting with the feet?
2. Mughal-e-Azam
Mein tumhari aankhon mei apni mohabbat ka ikraar dekhna chahtahoon.
For your eyes only!
3. Mera Naam Joker
Aadmi mein dil hota hai … dil mein aadmi
Now, this is confusing….
4. Silsila
Mei aur meri tanhai aksar yeh baatein kartein hain tum hoti to keisa hota, tum yehkehti, tum vo kehti, tum is baat pe hairaanhoti, tum us baatpe kitni hasti, tum hoti to aisa hota, tum hoti to vaisahota.
When your imagination takes over you
5. Prem Rog
Sabhi insaan ek jaise hi toh hote hai … wahi do haath, do paun, aankhen, kaan, chehra … sabke ek jaise hi toh hote hai … phir kyun koi ek, sirf ek aaisa hota hai … joh itna pyara lagne lagta hai … ke agar uske liye jaan bhi deni padhe … toh haste haste di ja sakti hai
She must be a smiling assassin, then.
6. Om Shanti Om
Itni shiddad se mei ne tumhe paa ne ki koshish ki hai…ki har zarre ne mujhe tum se milane ki sazish ki hain. Kehte ha inki agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho to puri kaynat usko tumse milane ki koshish mei lag jaati hai.
Something like the Trojan War, maybe?
7. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Agar tum mujhe yunhee dekhti rahi…toh tumhe mujhse pyar ho jaayega.
Never tell this to an ophthalmologist!
8. Mohabbatein
Mohabat bhi zindagi ki tarah hoti hai, har mod aasan nahi hota, har mod par khushi nahi milti…par jab hum zindagi ka saath nahi chodte to hum mohabbat ka saath kyon chhode.
Valid question here. Any answers?
9. Fanaa
Humse door jaoge kaise, dil se humei bhulaoge kaise…hum woh khushboo hai joh saason mei bastein hain, khudki saason ko rok paoge kaise.
Love is in the air, no breath
10. Ishq Vishq
Agar tumhara pyar jaana chahe toh use jaane do…agar voh laut kar aaye toh woh tumhara hai.
This is now called an open relationship.
11. Jism 2
Jo pagal na kar de woh ishq hi kya
Love in a mental asylum
12. Cheeni kum
Dil mei joh hai vo boldena chahiye…aise daba ke nahi rakhna chahiye…acidity ho jaati hai
Ok, from feet to eyes to heart to brain and now the stomach, then what?
13. Once Upon A Time In Mumbai
Pyar ke joh kisse hote hain…bahut kam logon ke hisse hotehain
Rhyming, we must say!
14. Race 2
Mujhe aaise mard bahut pasand hai … jinke bare mein main yeh nahi samajhpaati … ki woh tezzz jyada hai yah good looking
Leaves us thinking too
15. R Rajkumar
Ishq ne nikamma kar ke chhod diya … varna tu bhi aadmi tha kaamka
Is it a comment or a compliment?
16. Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobara
Pyar mein aadmi cricketer jaisa hota hai … dil out ho jaata hai dimaag appeal karta rehta hai
No wonder, we are a cricket crazy nation
17. Tum Bin 2
Pyar reasonable nahi hota … bas bewajah hota hai
Come again please (didn’t really understand)
18. Flying Jatt
You’re not one in a million … you are the one
A million?
19. Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge:
Mere dil, jigar, liver mein ho tum … waqt bewaqt aaye woh fever ho tum … ab toh meri life mein forever ho tum
The modern love can spread anywhere, liver included.
20. Raanjhana
Tumse pyar karna mera talent hai
True, India’s got talent!
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