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Request clarification re Quote


There is a mistake (imho) in the Quotes section but I'm wondering if someone could help me get it fully accurate.

The quote in question is: "Sometimes the wrong train will get you to the right station."

Or maybe it's "Sometimes even the wrong train can take you to the right station."

It's Shaikh who says this to Saajan while riding on the train, not Ila (unless somehow Ila also says it as a "somewhere I read ... " line later in the film)

But when Shaikh says it, it's also not "Somewhere I read..." as the preface to the above quote ... He says either his mother or grandmother told him this - i think it was his grandmother. I'm seeking to quote the whole line accurately. It's been nearly a year since I saw the film - memory very hazy for particulars but fond memories of it all ...

Can anyone help me out with the full exact quote?

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If you want lines of dialogue from a movie, you can always google the movie name and "subtitles" - usually a website like subscene or opensubtitles will have it in a .srt file which is just a text file with a list of timecodes and lines, you can read it in any text editor.

I did it for you and these are the three lines that shaikh says in that scene:

My mother always used to say...

Always says:

"Sometimes the wrong train will get you to the right station."

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thanks, Dali!

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Indeed, Ila's one of Ila last lines in the film is also that she read somewhere that a wrong train can lead to the right destination. I wonder if her meeting Shaikh at the office has something to do with that. :)

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