Taal

Taal (Hindi: ताल, Urdu: تال) is a 1999 Hindi film directed by Subhash Ghai. Taal was an official selection by Roger Ebert for his 2005 Overlooked Film Festival. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Amrish Puri and Alok Nath. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Thaalam. Despite being a box office failure in India, it was a huge hit overseas as, Anil Kapoor, A.R. Rahman & Anand Bakshi won their Awards. Manav (Akshaye Khanna) comes ... more

Taal (Hindi: ताल, Urdu: تال) is a 1999 Hindi film directed by Subhash Ghai. Taal was an official selection by Roger Ebert for his 2005 Overlooked Film Festival. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Amrish Puri and Alok Nath. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Thaalam. Despite being a box office failure in India, it was a huge hit overseas as, Anil Kapoor, A.R. Rahman & Anand Bakshi won their Awards. Manav (Akshaye Khanna) comes to visit India with his wealthy, infamous father Jagmohan Mehta (Amrish Puri), his aunt and uncle, and his father's employees. In Chamba he meets Mansi (Aishwarya Rai), the beautiful daughter of a spiritual singer named Tara Babu (Alok Nath); their families meet, and Jagmohan and Tara Babu become acquainted and friendly toward each other. Manav and Mansi fall in love, but when Jagmohan learns of this he packs the family up and moves them to their house in Mumbai, with the excuse that Mansi and her father are of low social status. However, he... less