The US women’s artistic swimming team performed an aesthetic underwater sequence at the Paris Olympics 2024 to the tunes of A. R. Rahman’s Taal Se Taal Mila and Beats of Passion from Subhash Ghai’s 1999 movie Taal, which will clock 25 years on August 13.
The video of the swimming team’s performance was recently shared by the official YouTube page of the Olympics.
The US women’s artistic swimming team had earlier performed a similar routine to the music of Taal at the World Aquatics Doha 2024 in February. The video of their performance had gone viral on the internet on that occasion, prompting a reaction from Ghai.
“RARELY IT HAPPENS WHEN A HINDI FILM THEME MUSIC LIKE TAAL’ BECOMES ICONIC It was seen At world Aquatics DOHA 2024 which inspired USA ARTISTIC SWIMMING TEAM to display their unique performance on music of TAAL I feel blessed .. thank you all,” the filmmaker had written on X after sharing the video.
A.R. Rahman had also shared the video on Instagram.
Featuring Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles, Taal premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival on August 13, 1999. While Rahman composed the soundtrack, the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. The soundtrack achieved massive commercial success, selling four million units, making it the best-selling album of the year.
