Touch of Pink (2004)

Suleka Mathew: Nuru Jahan

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Quotes 

• Nuru : My life is a soiled tattered tissue, tossed into the toilet of life. What will I do now?

  Giles : You could write poetry.

  [Nuru smiles sheepishly] 

• Nuru : What do you do at *the gym*?

  Alim : I pump iron.

  Nuru : You don't even pump your own petrol.

• Nuru : Besides, I'm lactose intolerant.

  Giles : [smiling to himself]  Alim's not.

• Nuru : [upon seeing how tight Alim's jeans are]  No, the trousers are not fine. I can read your... credit card number.

• Nuru : Laughter is the very best medicine, hmm?

  Alim : Then I must be in the placebo group.

• Nuru : You can't be engaged.

  Alim : Why?

  Nuru : Because she's not, she's not... m-... m-... m-. Is she?

  Alim : "Not m-". Ah, Muslim.

  Giles : She's not m-ale either...

• Nuru : You knew about Alim and Khaled? How?

  Dolly : Their room was right beside ours. Your son has quite a set of lungs on him.

  Nuru : Oh my God!

  Dolly : Yes, like that! Exactly like that.

• Nuru : I don't see how you could go ahead with the nuptials.

  Dolly : What do you mean?

  Nuru : Nuptials. It means...

  Dolly : I know what nuptials mean, my son is a dentist!

• Nuru : I know about men with men. I subscribe to Reader's Digest.

• Nuru : You butter while I pickle.