Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love Page #3

there are no rules and no order.

Salute the day!

Salute the hills and flowers!

Enough.

Is this the statue?

Whose is this?

It's mine, sahib.

Yours, kumar?

So imbued is this stone

with the warmth of woman.

I want to kiss the skin.

I have kissed the skin.

I have kissed this skin.

Who is she?

A young woman I found - -

bring her to me.

I wish I could, sahib,

but she disappeared.

Then we must find her.

Sahib.

As a reward for your

most excellent work, kumar,

you shall wrestle me.

Vazir, pay the man

his weight in gold.

Sahib.

You made her wait.

Now you will have to wait.

Listen! Listen!

We are looking for the woman

who inspired Jai kumar.

Her skin, the color of freshly

harvested wheat.

Her limbs long and languorous

like the creeper.

Thank you.

Are you ready, my precious child?

I' m frightened.

I was frightened, too,

the day they came for me.

It is good to be

a little frightened

because it means you feel things.

Come.

Another courtesan, my Queen.

Name?

Maya.

Maya?

Enough!

Tara!

How long do you expect to languish?

All day?

I was longing to see you.

Get out!

My son has an eye.

I trained him.

Yours?

Of course.

'Tis the usual custom.

The usual custom no longer applies.

If a courtesan is

not elegantly attired,

she will not exhilarate my husband.

Exhilaration is my department.

You get me something new,

or we will keep

your husband waiting.

And I'm sure will

be blamed for it.

He is full of lust,

And she is in the eye.

Get her something new

And quickly, tara.

Sahib?

What news from the stars?

There is news of the shah, sahib.

Later.

Tell me the stars.

Jupiter, the sign of good fortune,

is placed in your house

of love and marriage.

An auspicious time for love.

Good.

Sahib, we must speak.

I said later.

Vazir, matters of state

are your affair

as love is mine.

Adjust.

Adjust, my child.

It's an old story.

He had her on your wedding night...

just the way rasa had my husband.

There are courtesans,

And then there are wives.

There are dozens like her,

but you are Queen.

The glory of god is in you.

Oh, it was a good night.

Kumar, whose artistry

pleases my gods,

whatever you've heard,

in the ring, we're equal.

With or without claws?

I can be lethal enough

without them.

Good.

You do that again,

you'll have no arms.

Forgive me, sahib.

Good fight, kumar.

We have some work to discuss.

Will you join me tonight?

People say I think

too much about women.

What is there more important

to think about?

To our great king.

Started off a great warrior,

ended as an insect sucking

on a poppy flower.

Vazir.

Captured. You draw

the fleeting moment.

Show me the eternal.

You did make love to maya, then?

You know her name?

I know everything.

Answer me.

I' m waiting.

Work can only be an act of love.

You will go to china

to fetch another,

you clumsy son of a whore!

Yes, sahib. Right away.

I have found your girl, kumar.

Sit, sit.

I tell you she governs me

And winds me up

at a whim.

My moods depend on her.

I want to open my eyes

to her under me...

in the morning.

You should be given an audience

with her, kumar.

I want you to carve her

across the roof of my room...

but if I was god, I' d carve her

across the bright blue sky.

Poison.

Bitter as bile.

But when taken from childhood,

it makes you immune from enemies.

My raj...

all my life...

I have lived with your used things.

Now all your life, you'll use mine.

So...

tell me, are you happy now?

Tara...

I was young.

I had no idea then

that what I did that night

would change your life forever...

And mine, too.

You got what you wanted.

He desires you.

At least one of us is happy.

Do you think that just

because the king desires me,

it makes me happy?

Does it not?

No, tara, it does not.

Sometimes...

when I catch a glimpse

of the world out side...

trees, sky...

I wish we were free like

when we were children.

Tara...

you meet again.

Enchanted.

What shall I do?

Will you dance?

I like this position.

I did not agree to sculpting

by committee, sahib.

Allow me the honor of a...

an artist's privacy.

I love you.

You love only yourself.

How naive of me.

Maya.

Maya.

Forgive me, please.

I was afraid of losing control.

Maya.

You hurt me.

I belong to him now.

No.

I belong to you.

I made a mistake.

Take me back.

Jai...

I marry you...

you marry me.

I marry you...

you marry me.

Dr. Mani, we believe Queen tara

is hysterical.

We found her flushed

And without breath.

Her body does not keep

from twisting.

Have the spirit possessed her?

I want to know.

Her heart, please.

So?

Her pulse...

it's normal.

Examining.

Examining.

Sahib.

It seems the opium

has made you half a man.

You cannot pass her over.

I've heard rumors

that her own brother's being

courted by the shah.

Invaders like the shah,

with or without that hunch back

are no match for my strength.

It is not you that are strong.

It is your neighbors that are weak.

The gods protect me.

I will s how you. Biki is nothing.

Just show me an heir from the Queen

nothing!

Before I get a bastard

from one of your whores!

Ha ha! Sweet brother- in - law,

this is your home.

You can have anything you want.

Now, what can I offer you?

More music?

Oh. Boys.

Boys? Do you insult me?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Or is it time you had women?

Ha ha! I always wanted women...

ever since I... ha ha... stood up.

Women?

Certainly, women you shall have.

You shall have

the pick of my harem.

How many do you want?

3?

4? Ha ha ha!

Don't worry, we'll blind fold them.

And tie up their hands as well.

I write this in

the interest of the people,

who are being neglected

by a debauched king.

Now take this to the shah.

Sahib.

He has insulted my sister

And squeezes the common folk

each day

to feed his appetites.

He has put his affairs

entire lyin the hands of

his prime minister, the vazir.

I put myself in your royal hands

as an ally.

Prince bikram singh.

I want to be alone.

I want to be alone with you.

Raj.

Just you and I...

Let me lie in your arms.

Give me some comfort.

Oh, please.

What?

I cannot.

Do you think you're the only woman?

I have hundreds waiting.

Go to them.

Once you wanted me.

I serviced you, that' s all.

You have no power over me.

Go.

Go, now.

My love.

Oh, my love.

I can't continue this way.

This is the last time

I sneak in like some rat!

I' m his courtesan, that's all.

Beautiful women are a law

unto themselves.

I no longer have

any authority over her.

Life is strange.

Fight me.

Fight me, kumar!

I want to sweat.

Claws!

And bleed.

Opium!

Strike!

Strike!

Why did you do this?

I cannot stand this anymore.

Because I love you,

my work has a power

that even I cannot explain.

What do I work for?

To arouse this king of ours?

We leave tonight.

As soon as it's dark,

we'll fin d a way out.

Where's the whore with

the heart of a vulture?!

Where is she?!

Were you invited?

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