Three Daughters (1961)
Aparna Sen: Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti")
Quotes
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Amulya (segment "Samapti") : Will you just stand there? Or would you like to sit down here? Mrinmoyee?
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : You sit down.
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : What if you get sleepy?
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : I'll sleep on the floor. I'm not used to a bed.
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : There are lots of things we're not used to, but we have to get used to new things. As we grow older and circumstances change, we have to change with them. We have to change our old habits. Often it happens naturally. But if it doesn't, we have to make it happen. Sometimes it causes pain, but that pain...
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : Why have you locked me in?
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Amulya (segment "Samapti") : Listen, Mrinmoyee. You're married now.
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : I didn't marry anyone.
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : All right, you didn't. I mean, you did, but you didn't want to. Anyway, you're a married woman now. Therefore - haven't you ever seen a bride before? Do they run around in the street? Do they play on swings and climb trees?
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : I do. I like it. It's my choice. Not everybody is the same.
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Nistarini (segment "Samapti") : Why are you always running around outside? Don't you feel any shame? Don't you know you have to be more modest at your age?
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : No.
Nistarini (segment "Samapti") : Then start now. Such shamelessness won't work here.
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Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : My father never beat me. Never.
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : You think I'm going to beat you?
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Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : Why did you marry me?
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : Because, I wanted to, I suppose. Is that so wrong?
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : I don't have a choice in the matter?
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : Is it marriage you don't like, or me?
Mrinmoyee (segment "Samapti") : Why must everybody force me? Am I a child?
Amulya (segment "Samapti") : If you were a child, force would have been wrong. But you're not a child. At least, I don't think you are.