Overview
- A motion poster released on September 29 showed Paresh Rawal lifting the Taj Mahal’s dome to reveal a Shiva idol, triggering strong reactions on social media.
- Rawal deleted the original post and shared an official statement saying the film does not address religious matters or claim a Shiv temple exists inside the monument.
- Online critics labeled the imagery propaganda or harmful to communal harmony, while the producers asked viewers to watch the film and form their own opinion.
- Recent coverage noted mainstream historians reject the temple theory and cited a 2018 ASI affidavit affirming the Taj Mahal as Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal’s tomb, with William Dalrymple calling the claim baseless.
- Positioned as a social drama with a courtroom thread, the Tushar Amrish Goel film—starring Rawal with Zakir Hussain, Amruta Khanvilkar, Sneha Wagh, and Namit Das—is slated for a nationwide theatrical release on October 31, 2025.