Bhuvan Quotes in Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

[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.

[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]

[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]

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.

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

Gauri: Guran read my fortune today.

Bhuvan: Really? What's the misfortune then?

Gauri: So cruel? I won't tell you.

Bhuvan: Oh come on.

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

Bhuvan: That's great! Who's the lucky boy?

Gauri: How would I know? But Guran did say that the house I marry into will have a neem tree in the yard. It will also have a big field beside it, some chickens, two cows, and three goats. What about you?

Bhuvan: I'd have to marry someone my mother likes.

Gauri: Someone your mother likes?

[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.

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

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

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?

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