1983-Facts and Fiction

Every time Man bhai proved he's the ultimate boss in 83

ONE: Going to collect his team's things from the office

Man bhai (reading from the list): Kapil Dev...Mohinder Amarnath...Madan Lal, Kirti Azad, Sunil Valson

Govt clerk: Ye inn logo ka saman aap kyu le ja rahe Singh saab?

Man bhai: Kyuki ye sab loga pehle se ich England me hai...county cricket khel rahe...

Govt clerk: Sunil Gavaskar ko captaincy se hatake...ye? Iska angrezi gulam bana dega...

Man bhai: Cricket achha khel leta hai

Govt clerk: Usse kya hota hai?

Other govt clerk laughing

Govt clerk: Iss bar to East Africa bhi nahi khel rahi...haraoge kisko?

Man bhai refuses to be ruffled; hoists five kitbags on his shoulders and leaves

TWO: Interaction with Hasrat at the airport

Hasrat (exasperated): Singh saab...Itne sare achar ke bottle...England me achar ki dukan kholni hai kya?

Man bhai: Arey Hasrat, udhar ka khana bohot feeka rehta...baigar hallak se kaise utrega miya

Hasrat: Ya to extra baggage charges dijiye, ya adhi bottles nikaal lijiye

Man bhai gesturning at Yash and Cheeka

Cheeka: Man...we're vegeterians, Man

Yash: Kaise khayenge na khana udhar pe?

Hasrat: Singh saab, 2800 rupay...

Man bhai: Arey itna paisa toh hai ich nahi abhi mere paas

Hasrat: Aap ye papers bolke apne office pe jama kar dena...aur Singh saab, mera ek kaam kar dena. Autograph lete aana

Man bhai (busy with the papers): Ha, le lo, le lo

Hasrat (glancing at the Indian players): Nahi nahi. Viv Richards ka

Man bhai (sarcastically): Theek (muttering after Hasrat leaves) Tere vaste Queen Elizabeth ka bhi layunga

THREE: Managing food in the hotel

Man bhai: Suno sab loga... Aaj vegetarians ke vaste sirf bread butter aur salad manage ho sakta

Cheeka screws up his face

Man bhai: Arey aise kayeko dekh raha Cheeka?

FOUR: Protocol meeting at the Buckingham Palace

Official: Once the Queen approaches the players, she will extend her hand. They must touch the tip of her fingers...gently...

Man bhai touching the tips of his fingers to each other with concentration

Official: And make a small bow from their head, like this

Man bhai copying her, trying to memorize; then looks around to find none of the other managers doing the same

He subsides

Later in the bus...

Man bhai: Tum loga, your majesty bolke, hallu se...sirf ungliya pakadna, nazakat se. Jhatt bolke pura hath na ko padko. Samjhe?

Yash: Lo! Ab nazakat kaha se laye?

Man bhai (smiling sarcastically): Dhundo. Andar kahi toh chhupa hoga. Look for it

Yash: O Man bhai, yaha jaan phansa huya hai aur aapko mazak sujh raha

Dilip: Nasti kat kat aahe re. Cricket khelne aye hai, ya woh Shakespeare ka natak karne aye hai!