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Rai to star opposite Ben Kingsley in ‘Taj’
British actor Sir Ben Kingsley—best known for his Oscar-winning performance as the famous Indian independence leader in Gandhi (1982)—is set to play the emperor who built the Taj Mahal, and Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will reportedly play the emperor’s beloved wife, in Taj, a film about the legendary lovers. Ben Kingsley, the renowned Hollywood actor who enacted the character of Mahatma Gandhi with panache in Richard Attenborough’s Oscar winning flick ‘Gandhi’, is all set to play the part of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan opposite gorgeous Aishwarya Rai in upcoming flick ‘Taj’. Shooting is scheduled to start in July, primarily in the Indian city of Agra, where the Taj Mahal is located. The film is expected to release in 2011. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ruled India in the 17th century. His third and favorite wife, Mumtaz, died giving birth to her 14th child, and the devastated emperor spent the next 20 years building her tomb, which is regarded as one of the architectural wonders of the world. Soon after the completion of the monument, Shah Jahan was deposed and imprisoned by his son. Bachchan—one of the most famous stars in India—played an empress once before in Jodhaa Akbar (2008), opposite Hrithik Roshan, who portrayed the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great. Bachchan, 36, and Kingsley, 65, worked together previously in The Last Legion (2007). She has also appeared in the American films The Mistress of Spices (2005) with Dylan McDermott and Pink Panther 2 (2009) with Steve Martin. A former Miss World, Bachchan has garnered more high-profile publicity in the West than any other Bollywood actor, having appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and 60 Minutes. She is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan, who is the son of Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan. Kingsley's wife, Brazilian
actress Daniela Lavender, is set to play Shah Jahan's first wife, the Persian
princess Kandhari Begum.
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