Taal (film)

Taal
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Hindi	ताल
Directed by	Subhash Ghai
Produced by	Subhash Ghai
Written by	Subhash Ghai Javed Siddiqui (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Sachin Bhowmick Subhash Ghai
Story by	Subhash Ghai
Starring	Anil Kapoor Aishwarya Rai Akshaye Khanna
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Kabir Lal
Edited by	Subhash Ghai
Production company	Mukta Arts
Distributed by	Mukta Arts Tips Internationals
Release date	August 13, 1999
Running time	181 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	Rs. 15,00,00,000
Box office	Rs. 51,15,95,000

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Taal (English: Rhythm) is a 1999 Bollywood musical romantic drama film co written, edited, produced and directed by Subhash Ghai. Taal was an official selection for the 2005 Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival. Taal was screened retrospectively, during the 2014 International Film Festival of India in the Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema section.

The film stars Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Amrish Puri and Alok Nath. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Thaalam. It was very successful in India and overseas, becoming the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety's box office list.Anil Kapoor, A. R. Rahman, Alka Yagnik and Anand Bakshi each won a Filmfare Award for their work in the film.

Manav (Akshaye Khanna) 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); Jagmohan Mehta owns the Mehta & Mehta group and is into investing in Chamba; their families meet, and Jagmohan and Tara Babu become acquainted and friendly toward each other.