Taal (film)
Taal English Rhythm is a 1999 Bollywood musical romantic drama directed by Subhash Ghai. Taal was an official selection for the 2005 Ebertfest Roger Eberts Film Festival. Taal was screened retrospective, 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 quite successful in India and overseas, becoming the first Indian film to reach the topon Varietys box office list. Anil Kapoor, A.R. Rahman, Alka Yagnik and Anand Bakshi each won a Filmfare Award for their work in the film.
When Tara Babu learns of Manav and Mansis affair he is at first angry but soon agrees to travel to Mumbai to visit his cousin Prabha, who is a news reporter, and to meet Manavs family. They are insulted by Jagmohans sisterinlaw, brother, and the employees and endure hostile treatment. They are forced to wait outside forhours before being invited into the house. When Jagmohan finally arrives at the scene, he too insults Tara Babu, which results in Tara Babu slapping him across the face. Manav also arrives, and he rudely reprimands Tara Babu as well. Meanwhile Mansi, after witnessing Manav shout at her father, makes it clear to Manav that she wants nothing to do with him any more. She and her father then leave the Mehta household deeply hurt.Mansi soon meets Vikrant Kapoor Anil Kapoor, a successful and famous music producerdirector, who happens to be a fan of Tara Babus work. With the encouragement of Prabha, she signs a threeyear contract with Vikrant, and Mansi performs dance numbers and remixes of Tara Babus songs as well as some of Vikrants productions. She wins awards and becomes a sensation in India. In the meantime Vikrant starts to fall in love with Mansi. Matters are further complicated when Manav arrives to apologise to Mansi for what he and his family did, and she rejects him out of grief for how he treated her father. However, he tells her that he knows she still loves him, and that he will wait for her. Vikrant learns of what happened between Manav and Mansi, but he chooses to ignore it. He has a few encounters with Manav but takes them lightly. ........
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