Mughal-E-Azam (1960)

Madhubala: Anarkali

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Quotes 

• Anarkali : Pyar kiya to darna kya... what is fear when there is love...

• Anarkali : In return for your Majesty's magnanimous gifts, this slave forgives Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar for her murder.

• [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.

• Anarkali : [Salim gives Bahar the rose and the thorny stem to Anarkali]  Thorns do not live under the fear of withering.

• [Suraiya has brought Anarkali a letter from Salim] 

  Suraiya, Anarkali's Sister : Here, take it, it is trembling. Perhaps it contains the heart of the prince. Now take it!

  Anarkali : No...

  Suraiya, Anarkali's Sister : Wah! Didn't take time to give your heart, but now taking time to take *his* heart.

  [she leaves] 

  Suraiya, Anarkali's Sister : [slowly, Anarkali takes the letter, then rushes to her quarters, bolts the door and reads it]