So, I'm not going in any particular order of the appearances of the muhavras, but the second one to catch my attention is this one.
Muhavra: Kala Akshar Bhains Barabar (काला अक्षर भैंस बराबर)
To be technically right, the usage in the movie is 'kale' as against 'kala' and it appears, again at the end of the movie (at 2h.26m). The scene is that Jai and Veeru have been allegedly killed by the gaonwalas as a gift to Gabbar and sent their bodies as proof.
There are five dakus who see the alleged bodies and one of dismounts his horse to check. He sees a letter strapped to Veeru (yes, I checked this too!). He says, "Arre, yeh kya hai? Chitthi?" To which another daku (still mounted) remarks "Kale Akshar Bhains Barabar. Chitthi nahin to kya hai? Padh!" Then of course, the accursed daku reads the contents of the letter. I my view, this muhavra has not been used correctly. I will explain why.
Let us first understand what this phrase""Kale (or kala) Akshar Bhains Barabar" means. According to Quora, the proverb literally means “Black letter(s) and (black) buffalo are similar to each other.” An accurate contextual translation would be “An illiterate person equates black letters with black buffalo.” or “Both black letters and black buffalo appear similar to an illiterate person.” This is a famous Hindi proverb in Hindi conveys how an illiterate person comprehends text printed/written with black ink i. e. text written/printed with black ink on paper appears similar to a black buffalo to an illiterate person.
Now, coming back to my analysis - when the mounted daku taunts the dismounted daku with this proverb, why does he then ask him to read the letter! Dismounted daku should be illiterate right? And unperturbed by the remarkable jibe, dismounted actually reads the letter, thus nullifying the proverb's accusation! Readers of this blog would do well to correct my analysis here.
On a funny note, while researching then origin of this muhavra (I didn't find any), I came across this interesting poster on Pinterest. It's funny, really.
Hmm..that was the nugget. Samjhe ke nahin? Agar achha laga to comment kijiye. Agar achha nahin laga to lament kijiye.
Goodbye, aadab and namaste.
Muhavra: Kala Akshar Bhains Barabar (काला अक्षर भैंस बराबर)
To be technically right, the usage in the movie is 'kale' as against 'kala' and it appears, again at the end of the movie (at 2h.26m). The scene is that Jai and Veeru have been allegedly killed by the gaonwalas as a gift to Gabbar and sent their bodies as proof.
There are five dakus who see the alleged bodies and one of dismounts his horse to check. He sees a letter strapped to Veeru (yes, I checked this too!). He says, "Arre, yeh kya hai? Chitthi?" To which another daku (still mounted) remarks "Kale Akshar Bhains Barabar. Chitthi nahin to kya hai? Padh!" Then of course, the accursed daku reads the contents of the letter. I my view, this muhavra has not been used correctly. I will explain why.
Let us first understand what this phrase""Kale (or kala) Akshar Bhains Barabar" means. According to Quora, the proverb literally means “Black letter(s) and (black) buffalo are similar to each other.” An accurate contextual translation would be “An illiterate person equates black letters with black buffalo.” or “Both black letters and black buffalo appear similar to an illiterate person.” This is a famous Hindi proverb in Hindi conveys how an illiterate person comprehends text printed/written with black ink i. e. text written/printed with black ink on paper appears similar to a black buffalo to an illiterate person.
Now, coming back to my analysis - when the mounted daku taunts the dismounted daku with this proverb, why does he then ask him to read the letter! Dismounted daku should be illiterate right? And unperturbed by the remarkable jibe, dismounted actually reads the letter, thus nullifying the proverb's accusation! Readers of this blog would do well to correct my analysis here.
On a funny note, while researching then origin of this muhavra (I didn't find any), I came across this interesting poster on Pinterest. It's funny, really.
Hmm..that was the nugget. Samjhe ke nahin? Agar achha laga to comment kijiye. Agar achha nahin laga to lament kijiye.
Goodbye, aadab and namaste.
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