One of the prime reasons for the grand success of Scam1992 The Harshad Mehta Story is the Dialogues. Well-timed Hindi and Gujarati proverbs in the Dialogues have made it very effective.
Here are some Gujarati proverbs from Scam1992 with Audio and simplified meaning.
1. By Harshad mehta: Episode 02
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“भैंस आगल भागवत”
“Reading Holy book in front of Buffalo”
Meaning: Trying to convince someone or giving someone knowledgeable about the subject in which he/she has no basic idea.
2. By Harshad mehta: Episode 02
“भैंस भागोले छास छागोले ने घरमाँ धमाधम”
“Already fighting for butter at home when the buffalo is merely eating outside the village”
Meaning: Already dreaming, planning, and fighting about the far-away results when hasn’t even started anything in actual.
3. By Ashwin Mehta: Episode 02
“शेठ सुतो शयनकक्षमाँ ने रात जागे कालनो फ़क़ीर”
“while the rich sleep in chambers of gold; the poor stay up all night in the cold”
Meaning: Worrying about the problem needlessly and thinking about the solution in entirely wrong direction.
4. By Harshad Mehta: Episode 02
“आज फकीरनी फकीरी गई तरछोड़ अने सुषे नहीं शेठ पेलो मा**चो*”
“the poor can now get some respite; and that rich mo**e*f*c**r won’t sleep tonight”
Meaning: When the problem is solved for a while giving respite and the problem itself is passed back to the person who caused it.
5. By Harshad Mehta: Episode 03
“खच्चर बुद्धि खोट बराबर”
“think like a donkey and you will definitely make loses”
Meaning: Someone who is not understanding the simplest of logic and thinking in a loss making way.
6. By Harshad Mehta: Episode 08
“आवडे नहीं घेंस ने रांधवा बेसे भैंस”
“buffalo trying to cook feast when it don’t even know to cook simple rice”
Meaning: Somebody who has no basic knowledge of a subject, is taking bigger actions without knowing consequences.
7. By Ashwin Mehta: Episode 09
“ए तो जे खाय ऐनु अनाज अने जे उगाडे एनो भगवान”
“one who possesses the grain eats it; and one who implanted it is at god’s mercy”
Meaning: When a powerful possesses or consumes a thing; Nobody cares about whose actual hard work is behind the very existence of that thing.
8. By Bhushan Bhatt: Episode 10
“डाई सासरे न जाय ने गाँड़ि ने शिखामण आपे”
“WISER ONE GIVING ADVICE TO THE MAD ONE; WHILE NOT IMPLEMENTING SAME ON THY SELF”
Please find that Gujarati dialogue
” Nala vager naatiyo naale naata lal ”
Paisa aayega toh Naam Apne aa aajyeega .
Please post that dialogue with proper meaning
Yes, Tirth….I guess we missed that one here…thanks for feedback