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Celebrity astro numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi predicts what's in store for Bollywood's most loved 'bhai' -
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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In 1962, Nehru didn't listen to the warnings of the erstwhile Jana Sangh, believed 'the Chinese can never attack us' and lost face and land both to his 'bhai'-like friends.
rediff.com 2008
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In 1962, Nehru didn't listen to the warnings of the erstwhile Jana Sangh, believed 'the Chinese can never attack us' and lost face and land both to his 'bhai'-like friends.
rediff.com 2008
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I have heard it traced to the Hindoostanee word bhai, a brother, but the usual attitude of the Anglo-Indian's mind towards his domestics does not give sufficient support to this.
Behind the Bungalow Edward Hamilton Aitken 1880
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The "bhai", when sarcastically affixed to a Gujju name, especially by a non-Gujju, reflects a certain state of Gujju being: well-fed and flashy
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I am amazed how some people not comfortable with the whole "bhai" "and" ji "and al I can say for ..."
NAACHGAANA 2010
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And the 'bhai' would either be speaking Urdu or wearing ankle-high lungi and skull cap and speaking chaste Ramnad Tamil.
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There a foster Dixo Dad (Mithun Chakraborty, help) who calls Sidhu Carrot his 'bhai' probably because he's seen too many Ram Gopal Underworld movies.
NAACHGAANA 2009
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Irrfan Khan and Saurabh Shukla as the hectoring cops, and Mahesh Manjrekar as the brutal 'bhai', fit right in.
Screen News 2009
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"I am not that kind of bhai so please don't misunderstand," Praful quipped and then added that wanted a cut in airfares.
IBN Top Headlines 2008
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