By Dale Bhagwagar
Veteran composer
Naushad with
Uttam Singh as his associate, recorded a new song for
Akbar Khan’s colossal historical
‘
Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story’ this week at Spectral Harmony, Andheri.
Sung by
Hariharan and
Preeti Uttam, the song is penned by
Gulrez Syed and will be picturised on the lead pair of
Zulfikar and
Sonya Jehan. Written, directed and produced by
Akbar Khan, ‘
Taj Mahal – An Eternal Love Story’ is being made under the banner of
Mashreq Communications Limited.
While Zulfikar and Sonya Jehan are being introduced as the eternal lovers of all time Prince Shahjahan and Mumtaz Mahal, the film stars
Manisha Koirala,
Kabir Bedi,
Pooja Batra,
Arbaaz Khan,
Arbaaz Ali and
Kim Sharma.
Other credits include cinematography by
R.M.Rao, costumes by
Anna Singh, dialogues by
Mohafiz Hyder,
Rajeev Mirza and
Gulrez Syed, choreography by
Saroj Khan, art direction by
Ratnakar Y.Phadke, action direction by
Sham Kaushal and audiography by
Sona Choudhary.
Shahala Sheikh is the executive producer, while
Chandravadan B. More is the associate art director. The film is co-written
by South African freedom fighter
Fatima Meer.
'
Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story' has already started attracting phenomenal offers from Overseas distributors. The
magnum opus, financed by the
Bank of Baroda, is being readied for a October-2003 release.