punch dialogue

punch +‎ dialogue; possibly meant to compare the dialogue to a punch (similar to punch line) or because many of these dialogues are delivered immediately preceding a fight scene.

punch dialogue (plural punch dialogues)

1. (South India) A retort or a witty line in general used in a film, commonly delivered by the protagonist, often meant to excite fans of the actor speaking them.
   • 2016 July 17, Nandhu Sundaram, “Punch Patakas for Men Only”, in The New Indian Express‎:

     Apart from intense fight sequences and glamourous songs, one of the most important ingredients of a masala enetertainer^[sic] in Tollywood – is its punch dialogues[...]a Nandamuri Balakrishna film is incomplete without punch dialogues - those with attitude, catchy slogans, rhymes and alliterations.

   • 2016 July 17, Nandhu Sundaram, “Where there is Rajinikanth, there is punch dialogue”, in Scroll.in‎:

     Rajinikanth didn’t invent the punch dialogue, but it is safe to say that nobody has popularised the delivery of sharply written lines aimed for maximum effect better than the Tamil screen icon.

   • 2020 August 1, Manjula, “Puneeth Rajkumar's Punch Dialogue In Yuvarathnaa Motion Poster”, in The Hans India‎:

     The poster is coupled with a punch dialogue which has given a fillip to his appearance in the movie and given fans a high.