‘Jawan’ writer says ‘bete ko hath...' line wasn’t part of script: ‘the way SRK sir delivered it...'

Shah Rukh Khan’s famous dialogue from ‘Jawan - ‘Bete ko hath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar’, was initially not part of the script. The film’s dialogue writer Sumit Arora shared that it was incorporated in the action thriller on the day of the shoot.

‘It’s a story that will make you believe in the magic of movie-making. That line was never there in our draft originally. The ‘moment’ where SRK sir’s character says the line was always there and we all knew that it is a powerful moment even without a dialogue. But while shooting, it was felt that there should be a line, that this guy should say something,’ the writer said in a statement.

‘I was there on the set, so I was called in, and the first words that came out of my mouth given the situation were: ‘bete ko hath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar’. It felt like the most obvious and most apt thing he should say at that moment. It just fits (in). Director Atlee and SRK sir both felt it’s correct and the shot was taken,’ he added.

The dialogue had instantly caught the attention of Shah Rukh’s fans when it was first shown in the trailer. Many netizens linked the dialogue as a response to the arrest of SRK’s son Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case in October 2021. Aryan was granted bail after spending 25 days in jail and later given a clean chit.

‘Jawan’, directed by Atlee, features Shah Rukh in the role of Vikram Rathore and his son Azad. The movie highlights various social and political issues through the story.

Arora said the team didn’t expect that the dialogue would resonate with people in such a way.

‘The way SRK sir delivered it gave us goosebumps. But we never thought that that line would become such a huge hit and would resonate with people in this way. As a writer, you can only write a line but its destiny goes on to write itself,’ he said.

‘Jawan’, which also stars Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi, was released worldwide on September 7 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. It has minted over Rs 600 crore gross at the worldwide box office.

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