Taal

Taal is a musical love story - a triangle between Mansi (Aishwarya Rai), Manav (Akshaye Khanna) and Vikrant (Anil Kapoor).

1999
Director: Subhash Ghai
Producer: Subhash Ghai
Story, Screenplay: Subhash Ghai, Sachin Bhowmick
Music: AR Rahman
Cast: Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Alok Nath, Amrish Puri, Sushma Seth, Mita Vasisht, Saurabh Shukla
Running Time: 179 mins

Taal is a musical love story - a triangle between Mansi (Aishwarya Rai), Manav (Akshaye Khanna) and Vikrant (Anil Kapoor). Mansi, from Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, is the daughter of a village folk singer and dancer.

Manav, the son of a businessman comes to Chamba to buy some land. He falls in love with the place - and Mansi. He promises her marriage and goes back to the city telling himself that love is faith and other things in the same vein. But Manav's foreign-bred aunt creates trouble and the lovers are separated.

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Following the heart break Mansi meets Vikrant Kapur - a loud and flashy music director who own a music company. Vikrant looks at Mansi and assures her that she can become a star. He infact makes her a star and falls in love with her.

Manav tries to win back Mansi while Vikrant actively courts her. Vikrant soon learns about Mansi and Manav's affair and raciously backs off leading the couple to unite again.

Director: Subhash Ghai
Ghai is one of the most successful directors of the Indian film industry. With 13 features in 22 years and each one turning into silver and golden jubilee hits.

Subhash Ghai has also introduced some of the most well-known film stars in Bollywood - Meenakshi Sheshadri, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Vivek Mushran, Apurva Agnihotri and Mahima Chaudhary were all this starmaker's choice for his superhit films.

Born in Nagpur and brought up in Delhi, he made his directorial debut with Kalicharan in 1976 and hasn't looked back since. He loves the mainstream cinema and is passionate about his work.

Select filmography
Kalicharan (1976)
Vishwanath (1978)
Karz (1980)
Vidhaata (1982)
Hero (1983)
Meri Jung (1985)
Karma (1986)
Ram Lakhan (1989)
Saudagar (1991)
Khalnayak (1993)
Pardes (1997)

Box-office Results
Opening Weekend - £101,590 (UK) (15 August 1999) (25 Screens)
Gross
£331,453 (UK) (29 August 1999)
£232,736 (UK) (22 August 1999)
£101,590 (UK) (15 August 1999)