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.
Tycoon Jagmohan Mehta arrives in Chamba, India for a long vacation with his extended family, including his son, Manav. He meets Mansi, the beautiful daughter of an impoverished folk singer, Tara Shankar Manhuja. As the owner of the Mehta & Mehta Group of Companies, Jagmohan is looking to invest in Chamba. Over time, Jagmohan and Tara Shankar become friendly with each other.
Eventually, Mansi and Manav fall in love. Jagmohan is against their relationship due to Mansi's poor socio-economic status. Tara Shankar is initially angry but later reaches Mumbai to visit his journalist cousin, Prabha, and to meet the Mehta family for a marriage alliance. Unfortunately, they insult Tara. Deeply hurt, he leaves with Mansi, who breaks up with Manav.
Mansi soon meets the famous music producer and director, Vikrant Kapoor, who happens to be a huge fan of Tara's. She signs a three-year contract with him, and performs dance numbers and remixes of his productions and Tara's songs. She begins to win awards and becomes a national sensation and celebrity. Slowly, Vikrant begins falling for Mansi. Meanwhile, Manav finds out that his family ill-treated Mansi and Tara.
Manav goes to Mumbai in the hopes of apologizing to Mansi for his family's behavior towards her and Tara. However, she rejects and refuses to see him, out of her pain for how her father was treated. Vikrant soon learns of Mansi's past with Manav. Ignoring it, he proposes to her. She eventually accepts it. After winning an award in Canada, Mansi returns to India to prepare for their wedding. Jagmohan and Tara patch things up after the former realises his mistake and apologises.
On the wedding day, Vikrant realises Mansi still loves Manav. He assures her they can still be friends, and urges her to honour her love to Manav. Jagmohan and Tara also give their blessings; Manav and Mansi finally get married. The Mehtas take a family picture after the wedding.
The soundtrack became a tremendous commercial success, and was sold more than 1.85 million units within a month of its release.[7] It went on to sell 4 million units, becoming the best-selling album of the year.[8] The soundtrack made the list of "Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time", as compiled by Planet Bollywood.[9]
Taal received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with major praise directed towards its direction, story, screenplay, dialogues, soundtrack, costumes, choreography and performances of the cast.
Taal was premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was screened as 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][12]
A. Anil Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Alok Nath, Amrish Puri, Sushma Seth, Mita Vashishtha, Saurabh Shukla, Jividha Sharma, Tanya Mukherjee, Supriya Kamik, Prithvi Zutshi was the Film Actors of Taal (1999) .
Nowadays, many big-budget films in Bollywood are making crores at the box office, but there was a time when even small-budget films used to do well. Today, we will tell you about a 1999 film which was made at a very small cost but it earned many times more than its budget. There was only one heroine in the movie along with two lead actors and this film proved to be a milestone in the career of all three.
We are talking about the 1999 Hindi romantic drama 'Taal', written and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles, while Amrish Puri and Alok Nath in supporting roles.
When 'Taal' became a superhit in Hindi, it was later 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.
'Taal' became the first Indian film to reach the top 20 in Variety's box-office list. At the 45th Filmfare Awards, 'Taal' received 12 nominations, including Subhash Ghai for Best Director and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for Best Actress. Anil Kapoor won the award for Best Actor, AR Rahman for Best Music and Anand Bakshi for Best Lyricist.
You will be surprised to know that this film, starring three actors in lead roles, made at a cost of only Rs 11 crore, earned Rs 51.16 crore at the box office, making it the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of the year. Even the director himself had not expected the film to be such a huge success.
In the film, Aishwarya Rai plays the role of Alok Nath's daughter, who has two lovers, Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan got tremendous fame through the film and after this she started getting dozens of offers.
On the second day of IFF-3, delegates continued to meet in two Working Groups. WG1 addressed underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation, traditional forest-related knowledge (TFRK), forest conservation and protected areas, and forest research. WG2 discussed valuation, economic instruments and financial resources. The contact groups on trade and environment and ESTs began their work.
Bai Mas Taal, UNEP, introduced an overview of the Secretary- General's paper on underlying causes of deforestation and forest degradation (E/CN.17/IFF/1999/7). The G-77/CHINA noted the report focused on deforestation only in developing countries and overlooked the high consumption rate and protectionist policies in developed countries. The EU recognized underlying causes including macroeconomic policies, poverty, lack of institutional capacity, law enforcement failure, illegal logging, land tenure and unsustainable consumption patterns. The FAO highlighted forest fires as a concern. CHINA urged the IFF not to seek unified international causes or solutions. NORWAY and CANADA urged the IFF to further analyze trade and environment issues and their relationship with the WTO. CANADA identified inappropriate government policies, land hunger, market forces and undervaluation as underlying causes. AUSTRALIA suggested an additional proposal regarding transparent decision making in relation to structural adjustment programmes (SAPs). INDIA underscored the importance of community participation. CHILE called for positive incentives to support SFM. ECUADOR urged a second phase of work on underlying causes. BENIN called for strengthening of the public sector.
BRAZIL called for enhanced economic and financial competitiveness for SFM. CUBA underscored the States role in determining policies. The EU and MALAYSIA emphasized internalization of environmental costs in pricing of forest goods. NEW ZEALAND highlighted the role of planted forests for fuelwood supply to avoid forest degradation and for rehabilitation of degraded areas. IRAN emphasized the need to distinguish between underlying causes in low forest cover and other countries.
The US suggested cross-referencing underlying causes with other programme elements to avoid duplication. The RUSSIAN FEDERATION detailed benefits from State ownership of forests. INDONESIA requested historical aspects of deforestation and forest degradation, specifically in Western Europe, be included in the report. JAPAN emphasized that international timber trade should not cause deforestation and degradation. SOBREVIVENCIA suggested, inter alia, training programmes on law enforcement, consumption and production and transparency within SAPs and, with the INDIGENOUS FOCAL POINT ON UNDERLYING CAUSES, a review panel to monitor indigenous peoples' rights. ASOCIACION NAPGUANA urged fair distribution of resources and land tenure. Delegates requested further consideration of, inter alia, global food security, low forest cover countries, fuelwood, hunting, pest and diseases and the role of poverty.
Henrietta Marrie, CBD Secretariat, introduced the Secretary- Generals report on TFRK (E/CN.17/IFF/1999/8). She overviewed the CBDs treatment of TFRK (Article 8j) within the ad hoc Working Group on TFRK and the programme on forest-related biodiversity. She suggested establishing a body to coordinate activities within the IFF, FAO, WTO, CBD and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The EU, G-77/CHINA, NORWAY and others cautioned against duplicating CBD efforts and agreed that the IFF should receive reports from bodies working on TFRK. BRAZIL and NORWAY supported a mechanism to synthesize such information. AUSTRALIA, CANADA and NEW ZEALAND opposed forming a task force or expert panel on TFRK. NORWAY underscored the importance of land tenure for local communities. MALAYSIA said the WIPO should address payment to indigenous peoples for TFRK. The US noted that benefits accrued from TFRK uses are incidentally related to forests and should not be addressed within the IFF. CHINA said that TFRK should be respected and protected. The INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN TROPICAL REGIONS expressed concern about the expropriation of TFRK.
Jaime Hurtubia, UNEP, introduced the Secretary-Generals paper on forest conservation and protected areas (E/CN.17/IFF/1999/10). BRAZIL, on behalf of the G-77/CHINA, recommended, inter alia: enhancing public awareness; strengthening financial support; adopting an ecosystem approach; acknowledging the stewardship of indigenous and local communities; linking the ITFF with the IUCN Commission on Protected Areas; and developing innovative financial mechanisms.
CANADA suggested additional proposals concerning, inter alia, conservation as a cornerstone of SFM, native species research, needs of countries with low forest cover, linking in situ with ex situ conservation and the integration of traditional values. The GLOBAL FOREST POLICY PROJECT cautioned against setting low standards for protected areas. ASOCIACION NAPGUANA sought a distinction between protected areas and indigenous territories.
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