Taal

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Aishwarya Rai as Mansi Shankar Manhuja
• Akshaye Khanna as Manav Kumar Mehta
• Anil Kapoor as Vikrant Kapoor
• Amrish Puri as Jagmohan Mehta, Manav’s father
• Alok Nath as Tara Shankar Manhuja / Tara Babu
• Jividha Sharma as Ilavati “Ila” Shankar Manhuja,
• Sushma Seth as Nani, Manav’s grandmother
• Mita Vashisht as Prabha Shankar Manhuja
• Saurabh Shukla as Surjoy Banerjee
• Prithvi Zutshi as Deepmohan Mehta
• Supriya Karnik as Shakuntala Deepmohan Mehta
• Manoj Pahwa as Santram Singh
• Rajesh Khera as Brijmohan Mehta
• Ekta Jain as Mansi’s first cousin
• Puneet Vashisht as Shaukat
• Akash Karnataki as Siddu
• Bobby Darling as Dress Designer Narwendra Khanna
• Asha Bachani as Dolly Brijmohan Mehta
• Sunil Nagar as Police Commissioner
• Anita Hassanandani in the song “Ishq Bina”
• Subhash Ghai as man with walkman at market (Cameo appearance)

Storyline:

Mansi, the daughter of a poor spiritual singer, and Manav, the son of a wealthy businessman, fall in love but the difference between their families rips them apart. Mansi then meets Vikrant, who helps her make a name as a famous dancer and singer. Trouble is stirred up when Manav decides to try and win her back.

About Movie:

Taal is a Hindi musical romantic drama film co-written, edited, produced, and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna, and Anil Kapoor in lead roles, with supporting performances by Amrish Puri and Alok Nath. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Thaalam.

The film premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival and was part of the official selection at the 2005 Ebertfest: Roger Ebert’s Film Festival. It was released on August 13, 1999, coinciding with the Indian Independence Day weekend.

Taal received critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, dialogues, and especially its soundtrack, composed by A.R. Rahman. The film was a major commercial success, grossing ₹51.16 crore worldwide and becoming the first Indian film to reach the Top 20 on Variety‘s box-office list.

Overall, Taal remains a landmark film in the careers of its lead actors and is remembered for its engaging narrative, memorable music, and exploration of love and ambition in the music world.