Taal (film)

Taal
Film poster
Directed by	Subhash Ghai
Written by	Subhash Ghai Javed Siddiqui (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Sachin Bhowmick Subhash Ghai
Story by	Subhash Ghai
Produced by	Subhash Ghai
Starring	Aishwarya Rai Akshaye Khanna Anil Kapoor
Narrated by	Akshaye Khanna
Cinematography	Kabir Lal
Edited by	Subhash Ghai
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Production company	Mukta Arts
Distributed by	Mukta Arts Tips Internationals
Release date	13 August 1999 (1999-08-13)
Running time	181 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹51.16 crore[1]

Taal (transl. Rhythm) is a 1999 Indian Hindi language 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, while Amrish Puri and Alok Nath feature in supporting roles. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Thaalam. Taal was premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, the "official selection" at the 2005 Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival, and retrospectively at the 45th IFFI in the Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema section.^[2]

Taal released on 13 August 1999, coinciding with the Indian Independence Day weekend, and proved to be a major commercial success at the domestic and overseas box-office, becoming the first Indian film to reach the Top 20 on Variety's box-office list.^[3][4] The film received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with major praise directed towards the direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack, costumes, choreography and performances of the cast.

At the 45th Filmfare Awards, Taal received 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Ghai) and Best Actress (Rai), and won 6 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Kapoor), Best Music Director (Rahman) and Best Lyricist (Anand Bakshi for "Ishq Bina").