A Subhash K Jha Review: The Taj Story
Director-writer Tushar Amrish Goel's The Taj Story is immensely offensive, not just for distorting history to pander to a certain popular narrative in current Indian politics, but also on a much deeper level.
The film is a killingly dull and verbose project where the makers have mistaken reams of speculative research for cinematic 'truth'.
Cinema can't be about so-called research material being bandied about in a courtroom which looks as real as this film's intentions.
Paresh Rawal and Zakir Hussain, capable of sustained performance under better circumstances, simply quote from obtuse documents and books with a straight face for much of the playing time.
Author's summary: The Taj Story distorts history and is offensive.
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