jo zabaan unke saamne mohabbat ka iqraar tak naa kar sakii ho, vo inkaar kaise karegi!

Film: Mughal E Azam

Year of release: 1960

Spoken by: Anarkali (Madhubala)

Spoken to: Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor)

Dialogue writer: Aman, Wajahat Mirza, Kamal Amrohi, Ehsan Rizvi

Akbar has incarcerated Anarkali and tries to make another attempt to intimidate her into letting go of her dalliance with Salim. Anarkali is brought before him bedecked in chains and manacles.  Akbar tells her that she will have to forget Salim. 

"Tujhe salim ko bhoolna hoga..."

She asks,

"bhoolna hoga?"

He thunders,

"Yaqeenan...Aur sirf itnaa hi nahin... use ye bhi yaqiin dilaanaa hogaa.. ki tujhe usse kabhi mohabbat nahin thi"

A wistful Anarkali says, 

"jo zabaan unke saamne mohabbat ka iqraar tak naa kar sakii ho, vo inkaar kaise karegi!"

"जो ज़बान उनके सामने मोहब्बत का इक़रार तक ना कर सकी हो, वो इनकार कैसे करेगी!"

What a lovely line! It's when I post lines like this that I feel that my blog is worth the effort.