Taal (1999)

 ●  Hindi ● 3 hrs 5 mins

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This touching and soulful romantic tale follows Manav (Akshaye Khanna), who comes to visit India with his wealthy 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, Jagmohan and Tara Babu, get acquainted and become friendly toward each other. Meanwhile, Manav and Mansi fall in love, However, when the couple go to Mumbai to spend time with Manav's family, they are summarily ill-treated and insulted by Jagmohan and his family. When Manav himself raises his voice against Mansi's father, it turns out to be the last straw and the couple breakup. Mansi soon meets Vikrant Kapoor (Anil Kapoor), a successful and famous music producer/director, who happens to be a fan of Tara Babu's work. She signs a three-year contract with Vikrant, and becomes an international singing sensation. In course of time Vikrant finds himself falling in love with Mansi, and expresses his wish to marry her. Will Mansi agree? Can she forget the past and get over her love for Manav? Will Manav and his family realise their folly and return to make amends?
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Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor

Crew: Subhash Ghai (Director), Kabir Lal (Director of Photography), AR Rahman (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Release Dates: 13 Aug 1999 (India)

Tagline: Don't fall .. rise in love.

Hindi Name: ताल

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as Manav Mehta
as Vikrant Kapoor
Special Appearance
Special Appearance
Supporting Actor
as Tara Babu
as Jagmohan Mehta
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
as Santram
as Prabha Shankar
as Rambhajan
Supporting Actor
as Deep Mohan Mehta
as Shaukat
as Brij Mohan Mehta
as Banerjee
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Shakku Mehta
as Nani
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor

Direction

Director
Assistant Director

Production

Producer
Executive Producer
Production Manager

Writers

Screenplay Writer
Story Writer
Dialogue Writer

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography

Art

Art Director

Choreography

Editorial

Editor

Thanks

Special Thanks
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
Music Label: Tips Music
07:40

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
06:13

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
05:58

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
07:07

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Aditya Narayan Jha
04:29

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Richa Sharma, Sukhwinder Singh
06:13

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh
02:51

Music Director: AR Rahman
07:10

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh
02:29

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
02:48

Music Director: AR Rahman
08:08

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
02:27

Music Director: AR Rahman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Taglines:
Don't fall .. rise in love.
The Beat of Passion
Movie Connection(s):
Features: Pardes (Hindi)
Trivia:
Shahid Kapoor was a background dancer for the song "Kahin Aag Lage".

This is the first Hindi movie to make the Top 20 Box Office Charts in the USA.

Govinda was the first choice for the lead role.

The percussion in the beginning of the song "Ramta Jogi" was done by Sivamani with the help of a beer bottle.