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Taj Mahal in Movies

Taj Mahal in Movies. There are different stories about this building, and in India there have been done several motion pictures and are going to be done much more.

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Taj Mahal in Movies

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  1. Taj Mahal in Movies • There are different stories about this building, and in India there have been done several motion pictures and are going to be done much more. • Some of them respect the story, others present love stories sometimes connected to this building, or presenting this construction as a magical place for lovers and for people to find peace.

  2. TAJ MAHAL: an eternal love story The Taj Mahal is not just the story of a mausoleum; it is the story of a family. It is not only a romance, it is also a tragedy. The Moghuls were an amalgamation of fierce battles, bitter vengeance and sublime aesthetics. They loved with passion and hated with an equal passion. The scene was set for the clashing of arms, charging of horses and whipping off heads, in short for fratricidal violence, as brothers destroyed each other and sons rebelled against fathers in their rivalry for throne. The greatest love story of all times was thus splattered with the blood of ambition.

  3. The Plot • From the moment Prince Khurram set eyes on the lovely Arjumand, to when he became Emperor Shah Jahan, and she his muse - Mumtaz Mahal. From a battle for supremacy that saw brothers turn to bitter enemies, to the despair of an emperor - and the end of a golden era. The pristine marble walls tell tales of a family. The family is the royal family of the Moghuls - driven by an overpowering passion of love and hate. At the center of this drama are the young lovers, Prince Khurram, son of Emperor Jahangir and Arjumand, the niece of Empress Noor Jahan.Amidst burning ambitions, a power struggle and a dark conspiracy, the budding romance of the two teenagers blossomed as Prince Khurram went on to ascend the throne as Emperor Shah Jahan. Their relationship lasted 19 long years, until 1631, when the Empress passed away giving birth to her fourteenth child. Deeply struck by this tragedy, Shah Jahan devoted 22 years to perpetuate her memory. When it was completed, the Taj Mahal became Mumtaz Mahal for him, and when his body was interred alongside hers, together they became the Taj Mahal. Emperor Shah Jahan's son, Aurangzeb, went on to to ascend the throne by executing his eldest brother, and imprisoning his father. Thus ending a chapter on the glorious period of the great Moghuls.

  4. Sets • A challenging job always brings out the best in an artist. When Producer – Director Akbar Khan assigned us the art direction of his magnum opus 'Taj Mahal - an eternal love story', instinctively we knew that we will reach the pinnacle of our career. Although we had more than a hundred films to our credit, we were still aspiring to get the best of our capabilities explored. Fortunately, our destiny fulfilled our ambition through Producer – Director Akbar Khan and his film 'Taj Mahal'; therefore we put our heart and soul in our job. We went to libraries and referred several books on that period. After that the art director team along with Akbar Khan visited the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, Red Fort and other Mughal monuments in India, absorbing the nuances and collecting samples.By dint of an exhaustive research and fertile imagination, the ambience of that period was amazingly recreated. There is tremendous creativity involved even in replication. We could have used yellow marble following the sample of Taj Mahal but we have used white keeping in mind that in the film, the monument is newly built. We have also used tricks using our knowledge of colours and materials. For example every royal chamber had exquisitely embroidered chiks. Instead of using the impractical option of embroidering all the chiks, we painted the designs in a way that gave the embroidered look when photographed. Several such ideas led to the making of these sets. We used thermacol, mixed it with fevicol and other ingredients and made it look like marble. The sets showing the abode in Agra Palace where Shah Jahan was detained, the bedrooms of Noor Jahan and Jahan Ara, Emperor Jahangir’s court, the heroine’s chamber and the Meena Bazar are, in particular, breath-takingly exquisite. • We had the privilege of not only designing and erecting the sets but also of the selection and collection of the property and the artifacts for the decor, which tremendously contributed to the recreation of the backdrop of this memorable film.

  5. The cast • Art director: Ratnakar Y. Phadke • Associate Art Director: Chandravadan B. • More Action director: Sham Kaushal • Choreographer : Saroj Khan • Audiographer: Sona Choudhary • Costume & Jewellery: Anna SinghPublicist: Dale BhagwagarOffice Incharge: Himmat SinghBanner: Mashreq Communications Limited (An Akbar Khan, Obaid Mohammed Khamis, Hazza Sultan Khalfan Al-Darmaki Presentation)Bankers: Bank of Baroda, The Jammu & Kashmir bank Ltd. • Introducing the eternal lovers of all time… Zulfikar as Prince Shah JahanSonya Jehan as Mumtaz Mahal.Cast: Kabir Bedi, Manisha Koirala, Pooja Batra, Arbaaz Ali, Kim Sharma, Milind Gunaji, Vaquar Sheikh And Arbaaz Khan Producer, Director : Akbar KhanExecutive producer: Shahala SheikhScript: Fatima Meer & Akbar Khan • Music: Naushad • Cinematographer: R. M. Rao • Lyrics: Naqsh Layallpuri & Syed GulrezDialogue: Mohafiz Hyder & Rajeev Mirz

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