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BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

nikil185 I remember watching taal when i was kid , And Aishwarya Rai was everywhere owin to her two hit Movies - Hum dil de chuke sanam and Taal .Taal Is all in all a Pure musical !! Its a journey of a girl With Music Playin a Important role in the backdrop hence the name Taal.The movie starts with AISHWARYA Rai (Mansi) a beautiful small town girl with great voice who meets AKSHAYE KHANA (Manav) a Rich down to earth guy . Now the same old Status problem arises and Mansi and Manav's Parents are logger heads and have a heated Fight which results the Couple SplttinG . Mansi Is approached to be a lead singer by A Leading music Composer ANIL KAPOOR (Vikrant) who also owns a Music company . Mansi becomes a overnight star , Manav Tries convincing Mansi all this time to come back to her . Now Vikrant proposes Mansi and Mansi agrees to marry him But Somewhere down her heart even she knows she loves Manav and isn't over him . Now What does Manasi Do ?? Will She Marry Vikrant and Kill her love for MANAV OR Will she Get back to Manav is the basic plot of the movie ? This movie has been made amazingly well it is possibly Subash Ghai's Best Work . The music by A.R REHMAN is the best part of the Movie . Aishwarya Steals the show completely its her movie all the way , Akshay khanna is great Too , Anil kapoor is funny and goofy and plays his part exceedingly well.Taal is a simple story which looks so pure on the screen and even the cinematography Is not over the top grand its just about perfect .A must watch for People who think Bollywood is all about stupid Dance - Around - The - Three Flick .

Sherazade Aishwarya Rai is stunning as a mountain girl! That's a given. Akshaye Khanna is charming as the rich boy who comes to town and seduces her, hey! I was expecting that! Anil Kapoor as the Tommy Motola type, I'll buy it! The music, the costumes, the choreography are all stellar! Yes! Yes! Yes! But what the hell happened to the script? My 8 stars are strictly for all the things I have praised above. I had not love for the plot though. It just seemed like Khanna's character felt that Rai's character was only worth fighting for after she became a big and successful star! I didn't like that at all. Also, what man in their right sense of mind would give up Aishwarya Rai? Especially one as big-headed as Anil Kapoor's character was in the film? This film was saved strictly by the songs and Aishwarya, and that's the only reason why you should see it!

sundaresh This movie is certainly what is claims to be, a good musical, and is definitely worth watching, even if it lacks a sound and substantive story-line, as some people claim.As far as the distinction between purely art-films and purely commercial-films goes, there can be hopelessly bad art movies and critically acclaimed commercial ones. Subhash Ghai belongs to the genre of movie makers who wish to bring good art to the masses, possibly trying to make it more accessible to them, and in that sense breaking that barrier.How well he succeeds in his efforts, only time will tell.After all a movie is a timeless work of art and some movies are ahead or rather not of their time. Apparently it was a flop in India, but met with approval in the U.S. To me, this does say something about the quality of the movie, since I do believe that the majority of the immigrant Indian's are more educated and more discerning.

my_own_prison_in_paradise This is one of my the most favorite Hindi movies and I had seen this masterpiece over 10-15 times.The main cause of that, even before the movie itself is,Aishwarya Rai.Before the movie released I saw Aish in couple of movies like-Aa Ab Laut Chalen and Aur Pyar Ho Gaya...but I have to admit,i was disappointed with her acting and the roles she played.To my opinion that time she was all beauty no talent.But all of my opinions and likes/dislikes about her changes upside down after I saw this movie-I was stunned!She gave a groundbreaking performance which easily topped over last few years' almost every performance.She looked SO Beautiful and Wonderful and Glamorous and....I have no words for that!She blend her character Mansi so well that I had hard times to remind me that this is only a movie character,not a real person.Her acting was simply natural,as though she had acted like this for years.I was very sad when she didn't get the filmfare award for Taal the next year(though she got the award for another film 'Hum De Chuke Sanam' that year from two nominations).This film was a total turnaround for her career.Besides Aishwarya,Anil Kapoor was also simply brilliant with his arrogant and egoistic character and delivered a knockout performance(he won the best supporting actor filmfare award for this film). Akshaye Khanna also gave a good performance,though I think he is been batter in his later movies like Humraaz,Deewangee,Dil ChahtaHai ...I wish he worked out his hairstyle in this film,his hair looked horrible.About the direction,the cinematography,the music,the choreography,the editing all are simply perfect...too perfect.The director is none other than Subhash Ghai,that name speaks all.The best thing about this movie(besides the acting)is it's award winning cinematography.The parts in village (including the rain song and wedding song)are fabulous!The music direction was given by the maestro A.R. Rahman and the lyrics were written by the living legend Javed Akhter(both won filmfare in their categories),together they made some unforgettable tune and songs that will lasted forever.Oh, and also about the choreography...which name would you think can only match with these two?Saroj Khan.So,this is in my opinion, one of the most romantic movies of the decade and it is perfect from all angles...technical or acting.I recommend it to anyone who wants to watch a truly beautiful emotional romantic movie. 10/10