Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Aamir Khan: Bhuvan

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Quotes 

• [Gauri is walking away in tears, Bhuvan shouts after her] 

  Bhuvan : Hey Gauri! There's only one house in the village with a neem tree in the yard. There's also a big field beside it. There's some chickens, two cows, and three goats. And I know whose house that is! It's mine, you silly girl! One thing before you go. Mother likes you, too!

• Gauri : You think I don't see which way the Ganges is flowing?

  Bhuvan : Oh, pity me, I feel the pain of the scorpion's sting. You're jealous!

  Gauri : [gasps]  Why should I be jealous? Jealousy is beneath me.

  Bhuvan : You're jealous, and I know who you're jealous of.

  Gauri : I never want to see you again, and don't even try and talk to me.

• [the other villagers are refusing to let Kachra, an untouchable, join the team] 

  Bhuvan : Whether you support me or not, Kachra will play.

• [watching British play Cricket so they can learn, and they see the Umpire stick his finger up] 

  Tipu : Why is he pointing up?

  Bhuvan : That's what I'M trying to understand.

  Guran : Maybe he's calling for his Ma. She's sitting up there, eh?

  [Laughing] 

• Goli : Will our dream ever come true? No, Bhuvan. It hurts too much to dream like that.

  Bhuvan : Have faith, Goli. He who has truth and courage in his heart shall win in the end.

• [Guran is coming in to bat] 

  British Team Member : Coming from the jungle?

  [men laughing] 

  British Team Member 2 : Make way!

  [men laughing] 

  British Team Member : Don't get too close, Smithy!

  [men laughing] 

  British Team Member 2 : What on Earth is he doing?

  Capt. Russell : This way, sir.

  [men laughing] 

  Col. Boyer : What an extrodinary stance! It looks as if he's riding a horse!

  [Guran hits a six by hitting the ball twice] 

  Col. Boyer : Well struck, sir!

  Capt. Russell : Umpire, he can't do that. It's not cricket.

  Bhuvan : Guran, hit the ball only once.

  Guran : Okay.

  Guran : [hits the ball DOWNWARDS while doing some leg movement]  Hail Hanuman, the Mighty Ape!

  Rajah Puran Singh : THAT'S called Kicking The Horse!

  [men laughing] 

  Col. Boyer : Indeed!

  [men laughing] 

• Bhuvan : Whether you support me or not, Kachra will play.

• Gauri : Guran read my fortune today.

  Bhuvan : So, what's the misfortune?

  Gauri : So mean! I won't tell you.

  Bhuvan : [laughs]  All right, tell me. Come on, tell me.

  Gauri : Guran said I'll put henna on my hands this year. I mean, get married.

  Bhuvan : Wow! That's great! Such happy news. You'll be dancing with joy. Who's the boy?

  Gauri : How would I know? Guran didn't tell me that. But, Guran said, for sure... the house I marry into will have a Neem tree in the courtyard, a big field beside the house, two cows, a pair of oxen, and three goats. Guran said my home will be a little heaven.

  Bhuvan : Wow! How wonderful! You're really lucky.

  Gauri : Lucky! You call this lucky?

  Bhuvan : Well, a little heaven of a home. What more do you want?

  Gauri : God knows what'll become of me! Well, Bhuvan, tell me one thing. What kind of girl do you like?

  Bhuvan : I... I will like only the girl whom my mother likes.

  Gauri : Whom your mother likes?

  Bhuvan : Yes.

• [the other villagers are refusing to let an untouchable join the team] 

  Bhuvan : Let me remind you all of one thing: this is not a game we are playing for fun and entertainment - this is a fight we must win.

• Bhuvan : [singing]  Listen, O, my friend... what's this fear you have? This earth is ours and so is the sky...

• Bhuvan : Where's Gauri?

  Jigni : She's gone.

  Bhuvan : Where? Why are you glaring at me like that?

  [Jigni walks off] 

  Bhuvan : What the hell have I done now?