Veteran Bollywood actor Sunny Deol's iconic dialogue from his 1993 film - 'tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh' - is on the lips of every filmy fan in India. But how would it fit in an electoral campaign? The answer was provided by none other than Deol himself when the actor-turned-politician used the dialogue to campaign for the BJP candidate in Haryana's Hisar.

"Tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh, par 21 tareekh ko yaad rakhna (Date after date, date after date bur rembember the date 21)," Deol said in his speech at a rally in Hisar on Thursday.

In the next sentence, "Kamal ke phool ka button dabana hai, nahi toh ye dhai kilo ka haath jab uthta hai toh kya hota hai? Iss bar aapse sirf haath jodhne aaya hun (You have to press the button in front of the lotus, otherwise do you know what happens when this hand weighing 2.5 kg rises? This time, I have come only to fold my hands)," BJP's Gurdaspur MP said.

Watch his speech here:

Veteran actor & BJP MP Sunny Deol in Hisar: Tareek pe tareek, tareek pe tareek, par 21 tareek ko yaad rakhna, kamal ke phool ka button dabana hai,nahi toh ye 2.5 kg ka haath jab uthta hai toh kya hota hai? Iss bar aapse sirf haath jodhne aaya hun. #HaryanaAssemblyPolls (17.10) pic.twitter.com/P5HQWGCofF — ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2019

For the uninitiated, these two are most iconic dialogues of not just this courtroom drama but of Sunny Deol's decades-long career.

This first one being outburst by Govind Shrivastava, played by Deol, in the court: "Tareekh par tareekh, tareekh par tareekh, tareekh par tareekh, tareekh par tareekh milti rahi hai ... lekin insaaf nahi mila my lord, insaaf nahi mila ... mili hai toh sirf yeh tarikh (Date after date, date after date, date after date, we have only got date after date ... but we haven't received justice my lord, no justice ... all we have got is this date)."

The other one is when he threatens Barrister Indrajit Chaddha (played by Amrish Puri). "Jab yeh dhai kilo ka haath kisi pe padta hai na ... toh aadmi uthta nahi ... utth jata hai (When this hand weighing 2.5 kg falls on someone ... he won't get up ... he will go straight up),"

Elections in Haryana will be held on October 21 while the counting of votes will take place on October 24. The ruling BJP is looking to retain power as the Congress is seeking to return to power in the state it lost 5 years ago.