Rhythm) is a 1999 Indian Hindi language musical romantic drama film co written, edited, produced and directed by Subhash Ghai.

[2] 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.

At the 45th Filmfare Awards, Taal received 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Ghai) and Best Actress (Rai), and won 6 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Kapoor), Best Music Director (Rahman) and Best Lyricist (Anand Bakshi for "Ishq Bina").

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.

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.

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.

"[7] The soundtrack became a tremendous commercial success, and was sold more than 1.85 million units within a month of its release.

[3] In the United States, it became the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety's box-office list.