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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Taj Mahal<br />
| image = Taj Mahal 2010 poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = Arun Singaraju<br />
| screenplay = Arun Singaraju<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = {{Based on|[[Taj Mahal (2008 film)|''Taj Mahal'']]|[[R. Chandru]]}}<br />
| producer = [[Sivaji (Telugu actor)|Sivaji]]<br />
| starring = Sivaji<br/>[[Nushrratt Bharuccha]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = V. Srinivas Reddy<br />
| editing = V. Nagi Reddy<br />
| music = [[Abhimann Roy]]<br />
| studio = Sri Sivaji Productions<br />
| distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --><br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|3|20}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Taj Mahal ''''' is a 2010 Indian [[Telugu-language]] film directed by Arun Singaraju, starring [[Sivaji (Telugu actor)|Sivaji]] and [[Nushrratt Bharuccha]]. The film received mixed to positive reviews and the film's soundtrack was praised. It is a remake of the 2008 [[Kannada language|Kannada]] film [[Taj Mahal (2008 film)|of the same name]].<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Colbegin}}<br />
*[[Sivaji (Telugu actor)|Sivaji]] as Ajay Kumar<br />
*[[Nushrratt Bharuccha]] as Shruti<br />
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Venkateswarlu, Ajay's father<br />
*[[L. B. Sriram]] as Villager<br />
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Sruthi's father<br />
*[[Vijay Sai]] as Swami, Ajay's roommate<br />
*[[Brahmanandam]]<br />
*[[Pragathi]] as Sruthi's mother<br />
*[[M. S. Narayana]] as Hostel Warden<br />
*[[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as Ajay's college mate<br />
*[[Chitram Srinu]] as Ajay's college friend<br />
*[[Raghu Babu]] as Shankar Anna<br />
*[[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Kittayya<br />
*[[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] as Ajay's mother<br />
*[[Aarthi Agarwal]] as Lecturer Maisamma (special appearance)<br />
* [[D. Ramanaidu]] as himself (in a cameo appearance)<br />
* Kadambari Kiran as Narayana, money lender<br />
{{Colend}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Hindi actress [[Nushrratt Bharuccha]] made her Telugu debut with this film under the stage name of Shruti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/shruti.html|title=Shruti interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film actress|website=www.idlebrain.com|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620235701/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/shruti.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/tajmahal.html|title=Taj Mahal by Sivaji - Telugu cinema news - Sivaji & Sruthi|website=www.idlebrain.com|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704010414/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/tajmahal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/arunsingaraju.html|title=Arun Singaraju interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director|website=www.idlebrain.com|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620235659/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/arunsingaraju.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Sivaji debuted as a producer with this film and he bought the remake rights after the success of the Kannada original.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/logo-tajmahal.html|title=Taj Mahal logo launch - Telugu cinema|website=www.idlebrain.com|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620235852/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/logo-tajmahal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2009/nov/02/taj-mahal-logo-unveiled-100320.html|title=Taj Mahal logo unveiled|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=2 November 2009|accessdate=10 September 2022|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704034050/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2009/nov/02/taj-mahal-logo-unveiled-100320.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Aarthi Agarwal]], whose career hit a low point, did an item number in the film.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Abhimann Roy|Abhiman]], who reused the songs from the original film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-tajmahal.html|title=Taj Mahal music launch - Telugu cinema - Sivaji & Sruthi|website=www.idlebrain.com|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=21 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621193624/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-tajmahal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/tajmahal/XlW4hNaTLrQ_|title=Taj Mahal|work=JioSaavn|date=2009}}</ref><br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| headline = <br />
| all_lyrics = <br />
| all_music =<br />
| title1 = Nuvante Istamani <br />
| extra1 = [[Malavika (singer)|Malavika]]<br />
| length1 = <br />
| title2 = Emantha Neram<br />
| extra2 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Pranavi <br />
| length2 = <br />
| title3 = Nee Meedey<br />
| extra3 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]<br />
| length3 = <br />
| title4 = Manasu Nippula<br />
| extra4 = [[Haricharan]]<br />
| length4 = <br />
| title5 = Challani Premaku<br />
| extra5 = [[Vijay Yesudas]]<br />
| length5 = <br />
| title6 = Etu Choosina <br />
| extra6 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]]<br />
| length6 = <br />
| title7 = Prema Ee Vinta<br />
| extra7 = [[G. Venugopal]]<br />
| length7 = <br />
| total_length = 28:06<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-tajmahal.html|title=Taj Mahal film review - Telugu cinema Review - Sivaji & Shruti|website=www.idlebrain.com|access-date=4 July 2022|archive-date=21 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621193619/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-tajmahal.html|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|1582617}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Kannada films]]<br />
[[Category:2010 Indian films]]<br />
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