Mumbai, Nov 4, 2025
Veteran actor Paresh Rawal, who can be seen in the recently released film ‘The Taj Story’, has spoken up on his viral tweet from 2017 in which he lashed out at people questioning the origins of Taj Mahal.
The actor spoke with IANS at a 5-star property during the promotional run of the film, and said that he stands by his 8 year-old tweet.
Back in 2017, the actor had bashed opinions that called the UNESCO world heritage site a non-Mughal architecture. He wrote at the time, “Taj Mahal-Symbol of Love becomes the symbol of Hate !!! Stupid n unnecessary n sad n pathetic controversy”.
Interestingly, 8 years down the line, the actor worked in ‘The Taj Story’, which is a revisionist attempt (lacking peer-review) to “uncover” the truth of the monument.
The actor said that h

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