Making of the Taj Mahal Movie'
Published at: Aug. 1, 1998, 4:30 a.m. CST by staff
This one is just plane weird, yet cool. I love the concept. Anybody have any solid details on the project?
According to the Indian press, Hollywood is anxiously seeking to make a
feature movie on the story of a seventh wonder of the world: The Taj
Mahal. Using CGI technology they plan to show how the gigantic wonder
was made. The story behind the Taj is a romantic story about a medieval
Indian emperor building a mausoleum for his beloved late wife. So most
likely the movie's story will be based on this. No casting has been
done, nor has a director been chosen, but both Oscar winning directors
Richard Attenborough (Hammond in “Jurassic Park” and director of Oscar
winning movie “Gandhi”) and Bernardo Bertolucci (director of Oscar
winning movie "The Last Emperor", "Last Tango in Paris" and most
recently "Stealing Beauty”) are very interested in this project. The
movie is planned for a year 2000 release and is expected to cost not
less than $80 million, due to the expensive recreation of the Taj Mahal.
It's already being tipped for planning to be a big powerful movie in the
style of Titanic, possibly Oscar winning.