Taj Mahal Bangladesh by many news channels, newspapers and sites, including the BBC, Sky, Reuters, Voice of America, Hindustan Times, "Guardian" and "The Times", and caused large discussion and debate on social networking sites and blogs. Shaja Taj Mahal Bangladesh Taj Mahal Bangladesh () is a scaled copy of the original Taj Mahal (a Mughal mausoleum located in Agra, India) located 10 miles east of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka in Sonargaon. Unlike the original, work on the building took only five years. Ahsanullah Moni, a wealthy Bangladeshi film-maker, announced his 'Copycat version of Taj Mahal' project in December 2008. The project cost about
Taj Mahal (1999 film) Poomparai. The film was initially slated to face a box office battle with several other big films notably Kamal Haasan's "Hey Ram", Mani Ratnam's "Alaipayuthey", Rajiv Menon's "Kandukondain Kandukondain" and Shankar's "Mudhalvan", but the delay of the first three gave "Taj Mahal" a possible leeway to become a success. The New Indian Express gave the film a mixed review citing that it was "vintage Bharatiraja at his best", while also adding that Riya Sen "shines in spite of an alien language and the totally strange cultural milieu in which she is placed". The reviewer adds that "song picturisation is brilliant