Subhash Ghai’s ‘Taal’ clocks 25 years ‘ Special at 55th IFFI
Subhash Ghai’s ‘Taal’ clocks 25 years ‘ Special at 55th IFFI
Legendary filmmaker Subhash Ghai celebrated the 25 years clocking of his blockbuster film “Taal” with special screening of the film at 55th IFFI on Tuesday 3 December.
The screening was followed by a press conference by the team of ‘Taal’ including director Subhash Ghai, singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, and actor Jividha Sharma.
In his opening remarks, Ghai articulated that it is rare to find someone who has not seen this movie, considering the huge popularity of the movie to this day.
As per Anil Kapoor in a video message, certain films have long life and they resonate with audiences. When you are feeling down, you would want to watch a movie like Taal.
Actor Shaurabh Shukla, who acted on Taal, through video message said that Subhash Ghai is the Master Showman of the industry who created many a magnum opus. We should all watch Taal to understand Ghai’s vision about the big screen.
‘Taal’ was the first Indian film to break into Variety’s top 20 box-office list.
Subash Ghai while narrating how he convinced A. R Rahman to compose music for this film had said to Rahman he wanted want to make this musical film. That means he (Rahman) is the hero of his film and Subhash Ghai is its director.
Subhash Ghai gave more insights into his vision for the movie saying that the lead character of the girl goes through 7 stages of development till the film comes to an end, symbolizing the 7 ‘Surs’ (musical notes) that are associated with this film.
The film shows the struggle between the purity of love represented by Akshay Khanna and material world represented by Anil Kapoor, added Shri Ghai.
“Music, composition, acting, costume all was in sync with each other in this movie because I was not under pressure from any big studios who finance films these days, neither was I running behind box office figures. When a director is overly worried about the finances of the film it will definitely eat into his focus on directorial work”, lamented Shri Ghai.
Kavita Krishnamurthy sang for hours at stretch to get that perfect tone, revealed Subhash Ghai elaborating on the dedication of artists while the film was being made.
As per Kavita Krishnamurthy, while recounting the superhit songs had rendered said that she tried to sing in a way which will appeal not only to Indian listeners but to listeners across the globe.
Actress Jividha Sharma said that she was new to the industry, and Taal became a perfect opportunity to learn the craft from the best in the industry. Jividha Sharma played the role of Ila (one of the sisters of the lead actor played by Aishwarya Rai) in the movie.
News Edit KV Raman
