Memorable quotes for
Mughal-E-Azam (1960) More at IMDbPro »

Emperor Akbar: [seeing his son misbehaving] By God, I'll not see that day when our empire will become the toy of a rake prince! Mann Singh, remove the veil of his mother's love on his head and put an iron cover on his head. Take him, raise and teach him in the hot deserts of war. Today, I hand over to you the future of the Mughals.
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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?
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Anarkali: Pyar kiya to darna kya... what is fear when there is love...
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Anarkali: In return for your Majesty's magnanimous gifts, this slave forgives Jalaluddin Mohammed Akbar for her murder.
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Sangtaraash: Ae mohabbat zindabad... long live love...
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Emperor Akbar: This plan must work, for if the Prince finds out you are still alive, I will not let you live and he will not let you die!
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[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!
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[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]
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[Durjan Singh is having his wounds bandaged when word comes of the Prince's imminent execution]
Durjan Singh: Death shall not come to the Prince while my hands have power to hold a sword! Leave me! My body may be injured, but not my courage!
[he rushes out and sees the statue of the Goddess]
Durjan Singh: Jai Maa Kali!
[he dies]
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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!
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[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]
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[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.
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[Akbar has awarded Sangtaraash for his work - and has ordered him to marry Anarkali]
Sangtaraash: [laughing] There is a short distance between the oppression and justice of kings.
Bahar: You should be delighted that the king is honouring you with prizes and gifts.
Sangtaraash: Delighted? Only weak people show happiness. I was making a joke.
Bahar: So you are not agreed to his views.
Sangtaraash: [throwing away the king's award] No, I am not.
Bahar: Do you know the result?
[both of them look at the sculptor's unfinished piece of the death sentence]
Sangtaraash: Perhaps this sculpture may be completed with my blood!
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Anarkali: [Salim gives Bahar the rose and the thorny stem to Anarkali] Thorns do not live under the fear of withering.
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[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]
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