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Taj Mahal (2005)

Director: Akbar Khan

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From Time Out London

Set in the Great Mogul period (1592-1666) in India, this familiar tale recounts Emperor Shah Jehan's (Bedi/Syed) dedication to build a fitting 'monument of love' for his beautiful dead wife Mumtaz (Jehan). Purporting to be Bollywood's most expensive film to date, the film has epic aspirations in every frame. But lavish sets, huge battle scenes and costly costumes do not a 'Mughal-e-Azam' make. Some of the rupees should have been spent instead on acting lessons for the large C list cast, and on proper subtitling as the  poetic Urdu dialogues get lost in literal translation. Khan adopts his Indian tele-serial approach to filmmaking: the result is an overlong glossy soap. Only Naushad's haunting score successfully recreates the mood of a bygone era.

Author: AS

Time Out London Issue 1839: November 16-23 2005


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  • Nasreen Quadri said...
    Posted on Jun 11 2008 09:16 Movie was good except cast could be a hit if cast was bettr, song by syed gulrez were good, gulrez must get more movie to write he is a good writer I wish to see his songs on more up comming movies with big stars
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  • Javed Rashid said...
    Posted on Jun 11 2008 09:10 songs written by Syed Gulrez are excellent, and much more better then javed Akhtar or sameer movie is dull
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