Three Daughters (1961)

Kanika Majumdar: Manimalika (segment "Monihara")

Quotes 

• Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara") : [looking at a painting]  That's my aunt. She was renowned for her beauty.

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : If I wore that much jewelry, I'd look just as beautiful.

  Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara") : [laughs]  You're beautiful even without it.

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : So, you don't want to get me any more jewelry?

• Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : [singing]  A plaintive tune rings out, A plaintive tune rings out, My heart is troubled, My heart is troubled, And I don't know why, A plaintive tune rings out, Like the scent of jasmine on the rough wind, In eager outpouring, Like the scent of jasmine on the rough wind, In eager outpouring, My heart is melancholy, My heart is melancholy, In the night of painful separation...

• Madhusudan (segment "Monihara") : You are leaving someone very dear to you. Don't you feel any regret?

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : I have one regret. If he gets the money, he said he'd bring me some jewelry. Now I won't get it.

• Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara") : You're the queen here. Do you know what kind of queen?

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : What kind?

  Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara") : A jute queen.

• Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : Let's go.

  Madhusudan (segment "Monihara") : But your...

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : What?

  Madhusudan (segment "Monihara") : Where's your box?

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : What box?

  Madhusudan (segment "Monihara") : Your jewelry box.

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : I'm wearing all my jewelry. I dare anyone to take it off me while I'm alive.

• Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara") : Why are you always playing with your jewelry? People will think you're out of your mind.

  Manimalika (segment "Monihara") : What else is there for me to do? Tell me.