My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Roshan Seth: Papa
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Quotes
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Papa : [to Omar] I don't want my son in this underpants cleaning condition.
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Omar : You know who I saw today? Johnny. Johnny!
Papa : The boy who came here dressed as a fascist with a quarter-inch of hair?
Omar : He was a friend once, for years.
Papa : There were times when he didn't deserve your admiration so much.
Omar : Christ, I've known him since I was five!
Papa : He went too far.
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Papa : You must be getting married. Why else would you be dressed like an undertaker on holiday?
Omar : Going to Uncle's house, Papa. He's given me a car.
Papa : What? The brakes must be faulty. Tell me one thing because there's something I don't understand, though it must be my fault. How is it that scrubbing cars can make a son of mine look so ecstatic?
Omar : It gets me out of the house.
Papa : Don't get too involved with that crook. You've got to study. We are under siege by the white man. For us education is power.
[Omar shakes his head at his father]
Papa : Don't let me down.
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Papa : [to Omar] Work now till you go back to college. And I'm fixing you up with a job with your uncle.
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Papa : [on the phone] Oh, one thing more, try to fix him up with a nice girl. I'm not sure his penis is in full working order.
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Papa : The bugger is your nephew, after all.
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Papa : He's on dole... like everyone else in England. He sweeps the dust from one place to another... he squeezes shirts... and he heats soup. I mean, that hardly stretches him. His food stretches me.
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Papa : They hate us in England. And all you can do is to kiss their asses. Think of yourself as a little Britisher.
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Papa : I'll throw you out of this flat if you ever bring that bum-liability friend of yours here.