Background - I was watching the quite entertaining Hindi film “Salaam Namaste”, when a scene involving the very funny Jaaved Jeffery comes up. Jeffery’s character, a riff on Crocadile Dundee and Clint Eastwood combined, is having an argument with his bimbo Aussie girlfriend, while she for some unknown reason is shampooing a horse. Anyway, the argument ends with Jeffrey saying,
“Ghost of the kicks not listening to the talks”.
I have literally no idea what this means. I have asked my Indian workmates, they are in a similar predicament. Therefore I turn to the dopers for answers. Does anyone have an idea or theory as to what this means?
Solved! I consulted another Indian friend who explained it thus - It’s a bastardization of a hindi saying, which refers to the concept of not be4ing able to talk bad spirits out of a possessed person, you need to beat the spirit out of them. So Ghost “Ghost of the Kicks not listening to the talks” could be translated to “This person won’t listen until I beat them”
Torturing people to get things physical or otherwise is a norm in India.,So when someone does not listen to something and holds on to his ground, unconventional means are adopted. The people who hold the ground is referred to as a stubborn man or “Latoon kay Bhoot” means someone who will only understand when you kick him with your legs referred to as the “Ghost of the Kicks” in English.
Then comes the other part “Don’t listen to the talks” which is Urdu or Hindi is Baatoon say nahi mantay”. Together it means Stubborn people don’t listen when told something unless they are kicked in the ass with one legs.