Taal

"Taal" (1999) is an Indian musical melodrama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Subhash Ghai and starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan alongside Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna. Manav, the son of a prominent politician, meets Mansi in a Himalayan village and falls for her the moment she sings. Her father is a celebrated folk musician; his parents have entirely different plans.

Back in Bombay, Manav presses for marriage — but a single confrontation between the two families ends everything. A slick music producer notices Mansi's talent and her career takes off almost overnight. Two men, two worlds, one woman standing between them.

A.R. Rahman's soundtrack broke into the charts before the film even opened, and "Taal" became one of the first Bollywood releases to find real traction in American theatres. Ghai built it as a visual and sonic spectacle — the songs aren't breaks in the story, they are the story. Stream "Taal" (1999) online on iFILM.