Jawan Dialogue Writer Reveals That ‘Bete Ko Hath Lagane Se Pehle...' Dialogue Was Not Part Of Script

Shah Rukh Khan's now famous dialogue "Bete ko hath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar" in 'Jawan' wasn't part of the script initially, says the film's dialogue writer Sumit Arora.

New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan’s 'Jawan' is doing wonders at the box office and his fans are going gaga over the film and many dialogues in it but there is one dialogue that caught everyone’s attention when the trailer of the film released a week before the film’s release. Netizens believed that the dialogue "Bete ko hath lagane se pehle, baap se baat kar" (Before touching the son, deal with the father) spoken by SRK’s character Vikram Rathore in the film was a response to his son Aryan Khan’s arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case in October 2021. Now the dialogue writer of the film Sumit Arora has shared that it was not a part of the script initially. 

Arora shared the story of how the dialogue became a part of the movie 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. 

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’, directed by Atlee, also stars Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra, Priyamani, and Deepika Padukone in a special appearance.  

The film, released on September 7, has collected over Rs 600 crore gross at the worldwide box office.