Taj Mahal is a 1999 Tamil

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 film

Film

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 directed by Bharathiraja

Bharathiraja

P. Bharathiraja , is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village-life in his movies....

. It stars Manoj Bharathiraja

Manoj Bharathiraja

Manoj K. Bharathi is a Tamil film actor. He has starred in several films. He is most noted as son of director Bharathiraja.-Career:...

 and Riya Sen

Riya Sen

Riya Sen is an Indian film actress and model. Riya, who hails from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen, began her acting career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was...

 in the lead. The music was composed by A.R.Rahman. The film did not fare well at the box office. The film is set in the rural background and it was initially intended to be a upbeat city based concept by Bharathiraja.

Cast

• Manoj Bharathiraja
  Manoj Bharathiraja
  Manoj K. Bharathi is a Tamil film actor. He has starred in several films. He is most noted as son of director Bharathiraja.-Career:...
  
  - Debut

• Riya Sen
  Riya Sen
  Riya Sen is an Indian film actress and model. Riya, who hails from a family of actors including her grandmother Suchitra Sen, mother Moon Moon Sen and sister Raima Sen, began her acting career in 1991 as a child artiste in the film Vishkanya. Her first commercial success in her film career was...
  
  - Debut

• Revathi
  Revathi
  Revathi is an award-winning Indian actress and film director. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi movies, directed several feature-length films, and has acted in and produced multiple television programs, totaling over twenty years of experience in the entertainment...
  
  

• Radhika

• Ranjitha
  Ranjitha
  Ranjitha is an Indian film and television actress. She has acted in a number of Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first film was a Telugu film titled Kadapa Reddemma. She made her Tamil film debut in the 1992 Bharathiraja film Nadodi Thendral. She played lead roles in Tamil films till 1999....
  
  

• Manivannan
  Manivannan
  Manivannan is a popular Tamil actor and director. With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan is one of the most experienced actors in the field. He normally plays the role of a dad or a senior comedian.- Background :...
  
  

Plot

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.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 10 songs composed by A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...

 and lyrics by Vairamuthu

Vairamuthu

Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...

. The song were noted for the extensive use of traditional instruments. Rahman introduced several singers into the Tamil music scene, the most notable being Palghat Sreeram. He sang a dappan koothu

Dappan koothu

Dappan Koothu is a folk dance and music genre with an emphasis on percussion performed in Tamil Nadu, India. It has become one of several popular genres employed in film music: Tamil cinema....

 style song "Thirupaachi", which went on to become a huge chartbuster. The other songs, especially "Chotta Chotta", "Kulirudhu Kulirudhu" and "Eechi Elemichhi", also became hits.

Song	Artist(s)	Notes
"Thirupaachi"	Palghat Sreeram, Kalpana, Clinton Cerejo Clinton Cerejo Clinton Cerejo is known for his contributions in the music department for Indian films. His range of work includes playback singing, vocal arrangements, musical arrangements, background scores, music programming, production... , Chandran
"Chotta Chotta"	Sujatha Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
"Adi Manjakelange"	Ganga Sitharasu, Febi Mani, Theni Kunjaramma, Kanchana
"Kizhakke Nandavanam"	Ganga Sitharasu, Febi Mani, Theni Kunjaramma, Kanchana
"Eechi Elemichhi"	Manoj, Arundhathi, Rahib	Veena Veena Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:With frets*Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music*Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic musicFretless...  in first interlude by Parthasarathy and Flute Flute The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...  in second interlude by Navin
"Sotta Sotta"	Srinivas Srinivas (singer) Srinivas 'Srini' is an award winning playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. He is also a music composer.-Early life:...
"Kulirudhu Kulirudhu"	Unni Krishnan, Swarnalatha Swarnalatha Swarnalatha was a Indian playback singer. From 1987 onward, she rendered nearly 7000 songs in many languages including Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi and Badaga....	Iranian Santoor Santoor The santoor is an ancient stringed musical instrument, native to Kashmir and Iran. It is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut, with seventy two strings. The special-shaped mallets are lightweight and are held between the index and middle fingers...  of second interlude by R. Visweswaran R. Visweswaran R. Visweswaran was an Indian classical musician, and master of santoor. Visweswaran belonged to a family of musicians, and was the nephew of G.N. Balasubramaniam. He was trained to play hindustani music on the santoor by Pandit Shivkumar Sharma...
"Sengatrae"	T. K. Kala	Punjabi Version (Rabba Ve) in the background by Richa Sharma
"Eechi Elemichhi"	Krishnaraj, Arundhathi, Rahib
"Karisal Tharasil"	M.G. Sreekumar , K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra K. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...	Humming by Srinivas Srinivas (singer) Srinivas 'Srini' is an award winning playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. He is also a music composer.-Early life:...