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Taj Mahal is a film of genre Drama directed by P. Bharathiraja with Riya Sen

Taj Mahal (1999)

Taj Mahal
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Genres Drama,    Action,    Romance
Rating47% 2.351082.351082.351082.351082.35108

Taj Mahal is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Bharathiraja. The film featured the director's son, Manoj, alongside fellow debutant Riya Sen in the lead roles, with an ensemble supporting cast including Revathi, Radhika and Ranjitha. The film's story was written by Mani Ratnam while music was composed by A.R.Rahman and Madhu Ambat handled the camera. The story of the film revolved around two clashing communities and two lovers caught in the vortex of their rivalry. The film fared poorly at the 1999 Deepavali releases box office.

Synopsis

Thiruppaachi and Sengulam are neighboring villages with a history of enmity between them. Maayan (Manoj) and Machakanni (Riya Sen) meet on the day of her engagement and its love at first sight. Her marriage itself gets called off when the groom and his family insult Machakanni's family and her romance with Maayan continues. But when her brother finds out about him, all hell breaks loose. The turned-down bridegroom is still itching for revenge and figuring out that the only way to extract it is to marry Machakanni, he pleads for forgiveness and succeeds in melting her brother's heart. The marriage is finalised but Maayan's friends swear to unite the star-crossed lovers. There is also a subplot of Maayan's aunt(Radhika) trying to get her daughter married off to Maayan.

Actors

Riya Sen

(Machakkanni)Manoj K. Bharathi

(Maayan)Purnima Das Verma
Revathi
Raadhika Sarathkumar
And :
Ranjitha
S. Manivannan
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Sivaji
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