Customer Reviews
Taal - By: Ms. T. D. Bullock, 06 Jul 2010 
Have watched this film so many times since ive had it i didnt realise how good it would be. Its very intense with great music youll listen to it time & again.
One not to be missed.
my favourite film - By: harper, 31 Jul 2008 This is Subash Ghai's best film EVER. It has romance, fantastic songs, suspense, fantastic music (AR Rahman-a genius), great acting. It is comparable to any american or english film madein last 60 years. If you are going to see one romantic bollywood film then see Taal.Other Subash Ghai films that are good - Ram Lakhan, Pardes, Khaalnayak. Also see Sanjay Leela Bansali's Devdas with ash,shahrukh, madhuri; Kareena's Jab We Met; Dev Anand's Guide, Dilip Kumar's Mughal-E-Azaam (now dubbed into colour), Karan Johar's Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Ghum.
Don't fall in love . . . rise in love - By: Daniel Jolley, 24 Oct 2005 Taal is almost two moviesin one, its two halves linked together by love. What beginsin the scenic, provincial setting of Chamba endsin the boisterous city of Bombay. In some ways, it is a conventional love story involving that most star-crossed of romances, one between a wealthy young man & a poor young woman, & all the necessary complications such a love gives rise to. In Bollywood, though, nothing is ever simple - & the whole atmosphere of this film swings ponderously between beginning & end.
Akshaye Khanna plays Manav Mehta, a well-bred young man who comes to India with his fantastically wealthy father & quickly fallsin love with Mansi (Aishwarya Rai), the daughter of a local folk singer named Tarababu. How could he not fall for the most beautiful girlin the world? She, her father's only child, resists Manav's affection, afraid to give her heart to a man of such wealth. She is right to fear that Manav's family will not accept a poor girl such as herself (especially his aunt - aunts always seem to pose a major problem for romancesin India). She does love Manav, though, & he pledges his everlasting love before accompanying his family back to Bombay. Manav's father had treated Tarababu as a brotherin Chamba, but such high regards for the folk singer disappear when Tarababu takes Mansi to be with Manavin Bombay. Mutual insults are exchanged between the two families, & Manav himself sends Mansi away. The love affair looks to be dead & gone at this point, but then Manav learns how his family had dishonored Tarababu when he arrived. Although Mansi wants nothing to do with him, Manav not only renews his pledge of love to her, he remains steadfastin the belief that she will come to him eventually.
Meanwhile, Tarababu & Mansi have been welcomed by Vikrant Kapoor (Anil Kapoor), a famous musician & TV producer who has made all kinds of money remixing the songs of Tarababu. Vikrant takes the simple girl & transforms her into an international singing star - and, as you might expect, fallsin love with Mansi. Manav, still confidentin his love, shows up from time to time but seems to have lost Mansi forever - yet he still manages to prove his lovein the most simple but daring of ways. Herein lies the power of true love; it has the ability to change not only the souls of two lovers, but also the hearts of those around them. A lot of things happen as the story progresses towards its end, leaving Mansi to make the difficult choice of whom she will be within the film's climactic finish.
Naturally, there are a number of wonderful songs scattered throughout the film, & the movie showcases Rai's beauty across the whole spectrum from young, simple village girl to mega-glamorous international superstar. The whole superstardom thing tends to make the second half of the film a little overblown (and the costumes worn by Vikrant's dancing troupes are just horrible), & I think that takes a way a little bit from the beauty of the film's romance, but the simple truths of this story still shine through. It's a wonderful love story told as only Bollywood can tell it.
Taal - By: , 23 Nov 2004 This is a passionate film full of love & compassion. It is one of the most romantic films I've ever seen. It will leave youin tears & you will never get sick of watching it.
