The Stranger (1991)
Dipankar Dey: Sudhindra Bose
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Quotes
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Sudhindra Bose : A fake uncle is better than no uncle. Is that what you wish to say?
Anila Bose : I wish to say only one thing. What's the need for a letter or a telegram? He says he's coming here on the 17th. Let him come. If I find him a fake or is real, but has come with an ulterior motive, then you won't have to do anything. I myself will whisk him away with a broom.
Sudhindra Bose : Bravo.
Satyaki Bose : Just think, a fake great uncle!
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Anila Bose : I'm convinced.
Sudhindra Bose : That he's your uncle?
Anila Bose : Yes, and a very nice man.
Sudhindra Bose : So you are gullible, after all. In these few hours, you found out everything about a man?
Anila Bose : Women are capable of that. They take people on trust. And surely you can tell a lot from the way a man acts and walks and the look in his eyes.
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Sudhindra Bose : [on the phone] Ask to see his passport. Passport! There's no better proof of identity than that.
Anila Bose : Are you out of your mind? You think a woman can do that? You do that when you meet him. I can't be bothered.
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Sudhindra Bose : There's something very, very fishy here.
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Anila Bose : I have one favor to ask of you.
Sudhindra Bose : What?
Anila Bose : Please pay your respects to him and touch his feet.
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Sudhindra Bose : Will you please tell me what's the matter? It's wrong to hide anything from your husband at bedtime. You know that?
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Sudhindra Bose : Alive, but not kicking.
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Prithwish Sen Gupta : Anyway, Mr., um, Mr...
Manomohan Mitra : Well, Mr. Sen Gupta. The surname doesn't come easily, does it? Still you are so uncertain of my identity. May I request something? I have used a pen name. A name very dear to me in my early years. Nemo. I suggest that you use that.
Sudhindra Bose : Jules Verne, Captain Nemo?
Manomohan Mitra : Yes, a Latin word: nemo. Meaning: no one. An apt name for me, isn't it?
Prithwish Sen Gupta : Whether you are "no one" or "someone" is exactly what we're trying to decide.
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Sudhindra Bose : Is the touching of feet common among the savages?
Manomohan Mitra : Not that I know of.
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Sudhindra Bose : [presented an envelope] What is it?
Manomohan Mitra : Have you heard of the English word: floccinaucinihilipilification?
Sudhindra Bose : Yes! I learnt it in school. The longest word in the English dictionary.
Manomohan Mitra : Do you know what it means?
Sudhindra Bose : No. Not really.
Manomohan Mitra : Sitting little or no value. 29 letters to convey this meaning. A sure sign of civilization.
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Sudhindra Bose : Did you have the least idea that he'd spent half his life in this fashion?
Anila Bose : None at all. An extraordinary life, full of strange experiences. It's certainly been an education listening to him. But at the same time, I felt a distance growing between us - and uncle is someone you can warm to. In this case, what you feel for him is reverence and respect.
Sudhindra Bose : The problem is, erudition works on the brain, not on the heart.