Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Dilip Kumar: Prince Saleem

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Quotes 

• Raja Maansingh : the surgeon is waiting for permission - Prince! Won't your wounds be washed?

  Prince Saleem : [flourishing his sword]  They are not wounds, they are flowers, and the withering of flowers is shameful for spring. Look at my sword - it's not only a killer, it is a sweetheart; as well as a sword it is the branch of a flower.

  Raja Maansingh : The humour that has bathed in blood for 14 years is filled with poetry - how strange!

  Prince Saleem : Nothing strange about it - if the poetry of Khayyam is written on stone, will it change its meaning?

• [Anarkali has been sent to prison] 

  Prince Saleem : Treat me as a father and not as a king and give me my Anarkali!

  Emperor Akbar : Though I am a beloved father to a kind son, I can't ignore the duties of an emperor. I cannot change the destiny of India for my son's love.

  Prince Saleem : Times change, emperors change, destinies change... but when love grips a person, that person does not change!

  Emperor Akbar : Salim, you must change, you must!

• [Salim is on his way to be sealed in a brick wall] 

  Prince Saleem : Do you see any fear in your son's face?

  Empress Jodha Bai : Absolutely not, I have trust in my blood. I came to congratulate you - a true Rajput prince may even have death as his bride.

  [she places a garland Bahar gives her on his neck. Bahar's face is tear-stained] 

• Prince Saleem : Are you here to forgive a traitor's fault?

  Emperor Akbar : No, I am here as an unfortunate father, whom people called king, comes to see a displeased son and seek his love.

  Prince Saleem : Your love woke up after ruining your son's love?

  Emperor Akbar : [pleading with his son]  I swear by God, I am not an enemy of love but a slave of my own principles!

  Prince Saleem : And so Salim himself is a slave of his love!

• [Salim finds Anarkali with a candle. He takes it from her] 

  Anarkali : Prince, for God's sake, don't lose this grace of princeliness.

  Prince Saleem : [holding the candle to her face]  I want to demolish this wall of higher and lower. Anarkali, look at me - I want to see my love in your eyes.

  Anarkali : [covering her eyes]  Prince, don't look, it doesn't have anything in it but the grief of a servant.

  Prince Saleem : Forget that you are a servant, and let Salim see in your eyes what you feared to speak.

  Anarkali : Don't snatch my dreams from my eyes, I'll die.

  Prince Saleem : Anarkali! I'll convert those dreams into reality...

  [they hear footsteps] 

  Anarkali : Someone's coming - they'll see you!

  Prince Saleem : Let them see me!

  Anarkali : This servant can bear separation from you but can't bear your disgrace!

  [she leaves him] 

• [Salim is stroking Anarkali's face with a feather - meanwhile, Bahar is watching them. She accidentally rustles some leaves, startling the couple] 

  Anarkali : Prince! Someone is watching us...

  [she leaves, with a dismayed Salim watching her go] 

  Prince Saleem : Whoever disobedient person dares to come here must be present at the palace.

  [he also leaves. Later, Bahar comes to him in the palace] 

  Bahar : Your slave is here.

  [he grabs a dagger and hurls it at her, but just misses] 

  Bahar : [taking the dagger and handing it to him]  The disobedience of the dagger surprises me. And I lament my wretched life. Give the insolent dagger one more chance of victory - I have enough blood in me.