Top 10 Frequently Quoted Tamil Dialogues

1. Ennama Ippadi Panreengale Ma

This amusing dialogue has made it to the top of the list simply because of the frequency with which people across Tamil Nadu use it. It is basically an exasperated cry uttered by folks when questioning someone’s actions. Simply put, it means ‘why are you doing like this?’ Its origins can be traced back to the popular show ‘Solvathellam Unmai’ hosted by ace actor Lakshmy Ramakrishnan The shift from acting to direction is becoming mor >> Read More... . In this family court, if someone’s story or actions exasperated her, she would utter this funny dialogue. Its popularity has reached such proportions that now there’s even a song with the line being featured in the recently released film, Rajini Murugan Click to look into! >> Read More... , starring Sivakarthikeyan.

2. Aahaan

Such is the glory of this dialogue that it has even had the honor of being made into a meme! A ' Vadivelu Vadivelu… everyone in Tamilnadu knows this name ve >> Read More... ' dialogue from the film Thavam Click to look into! >> Read More... ; it has no literal translation. It is a response people give in a situation when they have nothing else to say. It has even evolved into a line saved for those occasions when one receives a nose cut and he or she is unable to come up with an appropriate response.

3. Nanbenda

Nanbenda simply translates to ‘friend’. It gained immense fame since first appearing in the comedy ‘Boss Engira Bhaskaran’. Such was its acceptance that school and college students used it whenever they wanted to pull their friends leg. Many especially quoted it when they hoped to get something out of their hapless friend! The dialogue has even gone on to become the title of a film.

4. Eppadi Iruntha Na Ipdi Ayiten

‘How I was and how I have become’. This dialogue is especially applicable to the student community, or so they claim! The line in essence relays a person’s wonderment at how much they have transformed, especially when the transformation is for the worse.

5. Kadupethrar, My Lord

‘‘He’s irritating me, My Lord!’ is the meaning of this dialogue. Vadivelu is a lawyer in the film Ellam Avan Seyal and when he gets annoyed, he turns to the judge and comically proclaims ‘Kadupethrar My Lord’. And thus, the advent of yet another very catchy dialogue.

6. Venaammmm... Valikkuthuuuuu... Azhuthuduvennnn

Yet another line from the phenomenally talented Vadivelu, this is easily the most hilarious. The hysterically funny delivery of this dialogue has never failed to generate a few laughs. It means ‘don’t...It hurts...I’ll cry’. The winning combination of the dialogue, the delivery, and Vadivelu’s exaggerated expressions make it a must watch scene. Anyone feeling in the mood for a laugh can always watch this full scene from the movie Winner.

7. I Think She Is Speaking British English

Ever gotten annoyed over someone going on in English with a fake accent? Or maybe you have that one friend who always insists on speaking in English though everyone else is conversing in the local language, and not because he/she doesn’t know the local lingo either. Well, in that case, this is the dialogue to shut them up. Santhanam Santhanam is a Tamil movie actor who is famous for >> Read More... utters this dialogue in Boss Engira Bhaskaran when the heroine voices something in English that goes over his head.

8. Aaniye Pudunga Vendam

Though the literal translation would go something like ‘you don’t have to pull out the nail’, it essentially means ‘you don’t have to do anything’. One usually uses this line when someone offers to do something but is likely to mess up. This line comes from another Vadivelu comedy from the Vijay-Suriya starrer Friends A journey of six friends, living with each other i >> Read More... .

9. Naa Oru Thadava Sonna, Nooru Thadava Sonna Maari

‘If I say it once, it’s equivalent to saying it a 100 times.’ The ultra stylish delivery of this dialogue by the superstar Rajinikanth, in his film Baasha, has catapulted it to fame! Though highly popular, it has seen many variations usually to fit the context of daily life. For example a student may say, ‘Naa oru mark vangina, 100 mark vangina maari’ meaning if I score 1 mark its equivalent to scoring a 100 marks.

10. Oorla Pathu Pathinanju Friend Vechi Irukravan lam Santhoshama Irukaran, Ore Oru Friend Vechikutu Nan Padre Padu Iruke... Ayoyoooo

Santhanam, after suffering repeatedly for his friends actions exclaims ‘people having 10-15 friends are all happy in this world, but me having just one friend, how much I suffer’! This is another dialogue that has made its way into every school and college students vocabulary and is probably, even this second being uttered somewhere by some vexed soul in Tamil Nadu.