Jalsaghar (1958)
Chhabi Biswas: Huzur Biswambhar Roy
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Quotes
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Huzur Biswambhar Roy : [laughing drunkenly, deriding the moneylender's son, Ganguly] He failed. He failed!
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : [now talking to his servant Ananta, who is refilling his glass with liquor] He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it! That moneylender's son! He wanted to be king of the mountain. What arrogance, huh? What arrogance! A dwarf reaching for the moon! He couldn't do it. You know why he failed?
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : [speaking directly to Ananta] Blood! The blood in my veins! You know whose blood flows in my veins? You want to see? Come...
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : [proceeding to point out portraits on the wall of his elders] My father... my grandfather... my great grandfather... my great-great grandfather.
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Huzur Biswambhar Roy : Have you seen Ganguli's new house?
Roy's Servant : Yes, master.
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : What do you think? What's it like?
Roy's Servant : Quite modern. Not as royal as our palace. No music room, no fountain, no garden, no temple - as you might expect.
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Huzur Biswambhar Roy : I opened the doors of the Roy house that day. A thousand people took refuge inside. The burden of my virtues is not negligible.
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Huzur Biswambhar Roy : I'll be in the music room.
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Huzur Biswambhar Roy : It's all gone now.
Mahamaya, Roy's wife : We still have my jewels.
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : Your jewels? Oh, I had to mortgage all those, but I'll get them back.
Mahamaya, Roy's wife : What's that? You know how much you spent this time?
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : Spent? But I have to spend, woman. Khoka is my only son, the wick to keep the family flame burning. Was I to skimp on his sacred initiation? My prestige is at stake.
Mahamaya, Roy's wife : But mortgaging my jewels to pay a singer!
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : That woman's no ordinary singer. Her beauty - her voice. You'd understand if you heard her.
Mahamaya, Roy's wife : I have no intention of hearing her.
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Mahamaya, Roy's wife : Close the music room.
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : Why? And be deprived of music?
Mahamaya, Roy's wife : It's a dangerous addiction of yours. Khoka has inherited all your vices. He's mad about music and has no time for his studies.
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Mahamaya, Roy's wife : I had a nightmare last night.
Huzur Biswambhar Roy : You know what I dreamed about? In Indra's music room, a great musical gathering was taking place. Rambha was singing, Urvashi was dancing...
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Huzur Biswambhar Roy : Where is the land? There's water everywhere. The water has covered everything. It's all gone. Washed away.