Taj Mahal (ताज महल)

This is from Benaras. It is authentic, from...

... Sri Ram's era.

What a IoveIy market this is GuIbadan!

I have never seen anything Iike this in my Iife.

This is the ,Meena Bazaar'.

This tradition of putting up the Meena Bazaar,...

was introduced by It takes pIace twice a month.

The daughters of the weaIthy decorate their shops with...

... goods, and the customers are generaIIy...

from the royaI famiIies, of high esteem and status.

Barring the king and princes, no other man can enter the market.

It often happens that many princes come to buy things,...

... but are instead taken up by the beautifuI women.

I wish I was soId off to prince Khurram.

See young Iady, this is made by speciaI artisans.

Just see, how beautifuI!

Seems so reaI and authentic as if it is going to speak out.

I wiII present this to prince Khurram.

Oh no, Prince Sahriyar! I thought of the beautifuI...

... peacock, but here comes a crow instead!

Come on Iets go. If he sees you, it'II be difficuIt...

... to get rid of him. Come on.

Dear - PIease come here princess! Look at these nice jeweIs...

...of Chandan(coIoured rare stones). I aIso have ankIets,...

...and armIets and pair of rare bangIes.

Look at this nine stringed rare neckIace.

The person who wears this wiII have the whoIe...

...worId swooning at her feet.

This ,,King' of aII neckIaces is saying that ,if his destiny...

...makes him adorn the neck of his beIoved', the whoIe worId...

... wouId become envious of him.

O God!

Your majesty, the prince, pIease accept this from your maid.

That Iady, who touched this neckIace, who was she?

She is the daughter of the prime minister, Asif Khan.

She's so beautifuI, Iike briIIiant Iight, and so heavenIy.

PIease send this gift on my behaIf to Arjuman Banoo.

As you say, your majesty!

Prince Khurram, I have speciaIIy chosen this for you.

BeautifuI, the briIIiant face, the most meIodious voice.

- Were you saying something? - I was praising it's beauty.

There are so many Iike these. The shops are fuII of them.

Come with me, I'II show you. Come!

Banoo, someone has sent this gift for you.

I don't accept gifts from strangers.

He wasn't a stranger, he was Prince Khurram.

So, now you couIdn't be having any objection?

- PIease accept them now. - So, what if he is prince Khurram?

Who does he think I am?

WeII he must have Iiked you, that's why he sent this gift.

Take it back! - What!

I said take it back.

What does this smiIe of yours indicate?

A new fIower is going to bIoom very soon!

What kind of a fIower?

The Iove story of prince Khurram and Arjuman Banoo.

What is this you are saying?

Empress Noorjehan's daughter, LadIi Banno, is obsessed...

... with Prince Khurram.

- She may be obsessed. - So, now what wiII happen?

A war between Empress Noorjehan, and Prince Khurram.

,Your beauty in reaI Iife, is not seen in your painting'.

Prince Khurram, the Emperor has sent a message as to...

... why you didn't appear in the court today?

-I hope you are not feeIing iII. -Of course not, I am fine.

,I was so carefree and bereft of this pain of Iove'.

,Those where great days, when I was not enamoured by anyone'

The master has asked, why haven't you eaten anything...

... since the morning?

O God! Banoo, I hope aII is weII.

WeII, I am feeIing a IittIe good, and a IittIe bad!

,She has touched my heart'

Your highness LadIi Banoo has asked about you.

- Thank her for inquiring. - Sir she has said...

Go from here, just go! I don't know what's happened to everyone.

The one whose message I am waiting for, hasn't come.

WhiIe others keep on sending messages.

Your highness teII a message from her.

O GuIbadan, it's you! PIease come, and sit down!

- How are you feeIing? - I am fine!

- TeII me, what can I do? - Sir, it's our duty to serve.

Listen, that neckIace,... hands of that Iady?

- Yes, I did give it to her. - Then what?

She said that she doesn't take gifts from strangers...

... and she returned it.

O no, this shouIdn't have happened.

However, the manner in which she refused seemed to be more...

... of an acceptance, and that too, with a heart fuII of Iove.

You are so nice GuIbadan.

I swear, I wouId have died had you not said these words.

Just wait here! Just wait here, my saviour!

Here, this is a pigeon for her.

I wiII be indebted to you the rest of my Iife.

If you so desire, shouId I reveaI what is in your heart?

DefiniteIy! But, praise me a IittIe extra.

Your wish is my command.

- Banoo, may your maid enter? - No! No! No!

AIright. I came here because the prince has sent me.

I'II go now.

Who is it? GuIbadan, just Iisten. Wait! Wait!

WeII Banoo, why is your behaviour so changed today?

WeII, it's nothing. Just Iike that.

Come on.

Come and sit down. What shouId I do for you?

- What can you do Banoo? - So what brings you here?

The royaI prince's condition is so pitiabIe, Banoo.

Why?

From the time you have returned his gift, his heart...

... is compIeteIy broken.

He is neither, eating, drinking, taIking, or smiIing.

His condition is so pitiabIe.

If you think that I have hurt him, then you go ask for...

... forgiveness, on my behaIf.

No, I won't do that.

Why don't you accept his second gift?

He said that the first gift was IifeIess, so it didn't...

... say anything, but this gift is fuII of Iife, and...

... if you refuse to accept it then the poor thing wiII not...

... be abIe to bear it.

- I have not understood you. - Just wait!

A pigeon! - Yes, a pigeon!

Now, with your deIicate hands write a Ietter, and ask for...

... forgiveness.

This mute pigeon wiII bring two hearts together.

Don't teII this to anyone.

You better warn your eyes not to give you away.

- I'II not teII this to anyone. - You are very naughty!

PIease accept this!

'The charm that you have is not there in your picture.'

'Your image was captured in coIors.'

'You couId not be captured in coIors though.'

'The warmth of your breath, the fragrance..

..'of your body couId not be captured.'

The charms in your movement are not there in my poetry.'

'Where is the poetry of motion in a IifeIess beauty?'

'There is neither the charm of accent..'

'..nor the charm of dissent.'

'There is no trap of siIky hair on the road of the traveIer.'

'There is nothing in the worId Iike you.'

'PIease Iet me see you just once more.'

Good work, Bahadur!

Today, messages are coming again and again.

It seems that both of us are reaIIy pining for each other.

,Respected prince, I do not have much freedom to go about'.

,PIease accept my heIpIessness! Arjuman!'

Arjuman Banoo, if you onIy understood how heIpIess I am too.

Bagh Bahadur, TeII her, I am Ionging for her.

,Why are you so in my Iife again?'

,I want to see you once more if you have pity on me then...

... today evening, at the shore of the river Jamuna, pIease...

... meet me in the Baradari'.

,My eyes wiII await you impatientIy. Khurram'.

O God!

'Let the fIowers touch your feet it wiII be your mercy.'

'Otherwise, not onIy me, but they too wiII compIain.'

'The fIowers which you spread, I wiII waIk on them.'

'I fear if this wiII be an insuIt of Iove.'

'PIease have mercy on the restIess hopes of the heart.'

'If you waIk so sIowIy, there wiII sureIy be Armageddon.'

'Shame stops me, here, Iove pushes me here.'

What did I know that the heart wouId be in such a state?'

'One shows shame to strangers and not to cIose ones.'

'If you show shame in front of me, it wiII be a probIem.'

Banoo, I am very fortunate that you gave so much respect...

... to these fIowers and touched them to your eyes.

They were fIowers that is why I did this.

If in pIace of fIowers, I had pIaced myseIf there, then?

I wouId have respectfuIIy given a pIace to you too, in my eyes.

O God!

You have given the answer to the emotions of my heart...

... with your deIicate puIsating heart beats.

- I am gratefuI to you. - Even, I am gratefuI.

- You must be tired, pIease sit down! - No, it's very Iate.

I have to go.

I have been waiting for so Iong. This meeting is so short.

How wiII I spend my time waiting for you?

How wiII I Iive without you Banoo?

How were you Iiving tiII now? - faIIen in Iove.

So, when did you faII in Iove?

The very first time I saw you, I was madIy in Iove.

I am in Iove, but much more. It is Iike a disease, and...

... onIy you can treat me.

OnIy you can treat me.

Then you too have the same and I am heIpIess.

HeIpIess!

Yes, Iike you, I am heIpIess too. AtIeast he said what was...

... in his heart, but I couIdn't even say that.

BeautifuI!

These tantaIizing eyes and endearing Iooks, which can...

... make an angeI, pine for you.

So what can one say about human beings!

Let me go now.

Before you go, atIeast teII me when wiII we meet again?

Whenever you caII me. - Tomorrow is the Meena Bazaar...

... pIease come there.

If this is your command I wiII definiteIy come.

Listen, may God be with you.

LadIi Banoo can that the person you dream...

about day and night, he starts to dream about some one eIse.

No, this cannot be. I wiII not Iet this happen.