Taal (Film)

  • Aishwarya Rai: Mansi
  • Akshay Khanna Manav Mehta
  • Anil Kapoor: Vikrant Kapoor, Producer
  • Amrish Puri: Jagmohan Mehta, Businessman
  • Alok Nath Tara Babu, musicians

Taal is a Hindi film of Indian director Subhash Ghai and a typical representative of the Bollywood cinema of the 1990s - a " masala movie" with the classic ingredients: Beautiful women pithy hero, peppy music, exuberant dance scenes, elaborate choreography, Superstars, an unhappy love - but with a happy ending, a couple passes over classes and family barriers, dispute and reconciliation between fathers and sons / daughters, a struggle for the family honor - and a villain with a heart of gold.

Action

Manav meets Mansi: the son of an industrialist Manav Mehta ( Akshay Khanna ) returns from London to his father Jagmohan ( Amrish Puri ), who is currently on a business trip through the province. He meets Mansi ( Aishwarya Rai ) and falls in love with her. Mansi is the daughter of musician Tara Babu ( Alok Nath ). His father again courted Mansis father: the businessman Jaghoman wants to use the compounds of the musician to the local mayor. So far, so good: - even though they both know that their families will resist due to the difference Manav able to conquer Mansis heart succeed. Manav promises Mansi to marry her against all odds - he travels with his father and his retinue to Bombay.

Mansi can not keep her love for the son of an industrialist long before her father Tara Babu secret - will of his daughter refuse anything despite major concerns. They travel to Bombay to a surprise visit to the estate of the Mehta - Manavs family takes the opportunity to humiliate the poor provincials. The dispute is increasingly heated - and finally take the patriarchs: Tara Babu slaps Jagmohan - in his own house. Both have been deeply humiliated by their own feelings - and son and daughter jumping each with their father. Even they say for the sake of family honor himself away from each other.

The deeply sad Mansi met music producer Vikrant Kapoor ( Anil Kapoor ), who plagiarized the music of her father shamelessly - or as he puts it: " remix ". The cheerful cynic Vikrant takes Mansi under contract and expanding them to superstardom - part of their contract, however, is that they can not fall in love three years or even married. The rejected Manav tries Vikrant away from its star, after all, he keeps himself for her hand in what her father accepted. The engaged couple traveling to Canada, where Mansi is to participate in the MTV World Awards.

Manav is still convinced that Mansi back to him - and retires to a country house of his father. The house catches fire - and Manav risked his life to save a scarf by Mansi from the fire. Since his father realizes that he does not want to stand in the way of the happiness of his son - he is reconciled with Mansis father Tara Babu. Mansi reads in Canada by Manavs fact - but still will not admit that she loves him. Finally, it is calculated Vikrant who sends his bride at the registry office to Manav. For as his mother always said: "True love means sacrifice":

Comments

Taal was in India box-office hit and also scored some success abroad: the first Indian film he made ​​it into the top 20 of the U.S. box office. The TV station ARTE counts him among the ten outstanding Bollywood productions of recent years. Taal translates approximately rhythm.

The film is available on DVD in Hindi with English subtitles on the original London sales Eros Entertainment. The Bollywood specialist Rapid Eye Movies did in December 2006, the DVD features the original Hindi with German subtitles on the German market.

The Indian actor Shahid Kapoor is seen as a dancer in the song Kahin Aag location. He made his film debut but only 4 years later with the film Ishq Vishk.

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