Taal music premier webcast live by Rediff
The DQ Week Delhi, (DQW News Bureau), June 17-23, 1999

Rediff-on-the-Net on Saturday, webcast live the music premier of Subhash Ghai's latest Hindi film, Taal. This is the first time that the premier of a movie has been covered in real time. Apart from the webcast, surfers also got the opportunity to chat with Ghai, Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Anil Kapoor who play the lead roles in the film.

The two most relieved people at Taal's music launch were director Ghai and composer AR Rahman. The nights of acrimony-Ghai had to sit up all night for Rahman worked only then while the latter had to deal with constant microscopic intrusions into his creativity as Ghai, in trademark fashion, supervised the music for his latest baby - were finally over.

The select audience at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, were treated to a special preview of the film's songs, with choreographer Ahmed Khan's troupe pitching in two dance numbers.

The webcast of the premier can still be accessed at the site at www.rediff.com/chat/taal/taal.htm. The entire program has been divided in to various parts. These are: Subhash Ghai's welcome message: opening dance sequence: Sharmistha Roy, Kabir Lal and Jackie Shroff on stage: Kavita Krishnamoorthi sings Ishq bina: Amrish Puri and Satish Kaushik on stage: Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan sing Taal se taal: Akshaye Khanna and Aishwarya Rai on stage: Hariharan sings Nahin samne: Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff on stage: Sukhwinder, Alka Yagnik sing Ramta jogi: AR Rahman and Javed Akthar on stage: Subhash Ghai and his entire team: the closing dance sequence: and Subhash Ghai's closing statement. The transcript of the chat with the stars and the commentary is also available.