punch dialogue

plural punch dialogues

1. IndiaSouthChiefly in a film: a retort or a witty line, commonly written to be spoken by the protagonist to excite fans of the actor delivering them.

   The poster is coupled with a punch dialogue which has given a fillip to his [Puneeth Rajkumar's] appearance in the movie and given fans a high.

   2020 August 1, Manjula, “Puneeth Rajkumar’s punch dialogue in Yuvarathnaa motion poster”, in The Hans India, Hyderabad, Telegana: Hyderabad Media House, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023

   4 more examples

   ‘Meen aviyal enthayo entho’ – the comic number by Sreenivasan in the movie, ‘Akkare Akkare Akkare’, ‘Thomas Kutty Vittoda’ by Mukesh in ‘Harihar Nagar’ series, ‘Gafoor Ka Dosth’ are other punch dialogues that are printed on the T-shirts, […]

   2011 October 18, “Malayalam punch dialogues now on t-shirts”, in The New Indian Express, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Express Publications, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023

   Apart from intense fight sequences and glamourous^([sic]) songs, one of the most important ingredients of a masala enetertainer^([sic]) in Tollywood – is its punch dialogues. For instance, a Nandamuri Balakrishna film is incomplete without punch dialogues – those with attitude, catchy slogans, rhymes and alliterations.

   2016 March 2, Suhas Yellapantula, “Punch patakas for men only”, in The New Indian Express, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Express Publications, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2022

   Rajinikanth didn't invent the punch dialogue, but it is safe to say that nobody has popularised the delivery of sharply written lines aimed for maximum effect better than the Tamil screen icon.

   2016 July 17, Nandhu Sundaram, “Where there is Rajinikanth, there is Punch Dialogue”, in Scroll.in, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2023

   He then delivers one of Iḷaiya Taḷapati (Young General) Vijay’s punch dialogues from the action film Pokkiri (2007, dir. Prabhu Deva): “Oru muṭivu eṭuttā nānē en pēccu kēṭkamāṭṭēn” (Once I make a decision, even I won’t listen to what I say).

   2022, Constantine V. Nakassis, “Chapter Three: The Politics of Parody”, in Onscreen/Offscreen, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 118