Taj Mahal (2010 film)

Taj Mahal
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Directed by	Arun Singaraju
Screenplay by	Arun Singaraju
Based on	Taj Mahal by R. Chandru
Produced by	Sivaji
Starring	Sivaji Nushrratt Bharuccha
Cinematography	V. Srinivas Reddy
Edited by	V. Nagi Reddy
Music by	Abhimann Roy
Production company	Sri Sivaji Productions
Release date	20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Taj Mahal is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Arun Singaraju, starring Sivaji and Nushrratt Bharuccha. The film received mixed to positive reviews and the film's soundtrack was praised. It is a remake of the Kannada fillm Taj Mahal (2008 film).^[1]

Cast

• Sivaji as Ajay Kumar
• Nushrratt Bharuccha as Shruti
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Venkateswarlu, Ajay's father
• L. B. Sriram as Villager
• Nassar as Sruthi's father
• Vijay Sai as Swami, Ajay's roommate
• Brahmanandam
• Pragathi as Sruthi's mother
• M. S. Narayana as Hostel Warden
• Venu Madhav as Ajay's college mate
• Chitram Seenu as Ajay's college friend
• Raghu Babu as Shankar Anna
• Jeeva as Kittayya
• Sangeeta as Ajay's mother
• Aarthi Agarwal as Lecturer Maisamma (special appearance)
• D. Ramanaidu as himself (in a cameo appearance)
• Kadambari Kiran as Narayana, money lender

Production

Hindi actress Nushrratt Bharuccha made her Telugu debut with this film under the stage name of Shruti.^[2] USA-trained Arun Singaraju was to direct a Hyderabad Blues-esque film but changed his mind after meeting Sivaji on the sets of Indumathi (2009).^[3][4] Sivaji debuted as a producer with this film and he bought the remake rights after the success of the Kannada original.^[5][6] Aarthi Agarwal, whose career hit a low point, did an item number in the film.^{[citation needed]}

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Abhiman, who reused the songs from the original film.^[7][8]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nuvante Istamani"	Malavika
2.	"Emantha Neram"	Hariharan, Pranavi
3.	"Nee Meedey"	Karthik
4.	"Manasu Nippula"	Haricharan
5.	"Challani Premaku"	Vijay Yesudas
6.	"Etu Choosina"	Kunal Ganjawala
7.	"Prema Ee Vinta"	G. Venugopal
Total length:			28:06

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com opined that Sivaji gave "his career’s finest performance" and wrote that "On a whole, Taj Mahal is a decent movie with a message supporting parents".^[9]

References

1. "Sivaji to both act and produce a film". www.filmibeat.com. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
2. "Shruti interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
3. "Taj Mahal by Sivaji - Telugu cinema news - Sivaji & Sruthi". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
4. "Arun Singaraju interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
5. "Taj Mahal logo launch - Telugu cinema". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
6. "Taj Mahal logo unveiled". The New Indian Express. 2 November 2009. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
7. "Taj Mahal music launch - Telugu cinema - Sivaji & Sruthi". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
8. "Taj Mahal". JioSaavn. 2009.
9. "Taj Mahal film review - Telugu cinema Review - Sivaji & Shruti". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

External links

• Taj Mahal at IMDb