Meaning of punch dialogue | Babel Free

Definitions

Chiefly 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.

India, South

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, […]”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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⟳).”

CEFR level