Reception
Taal was moderate success at the box office in India. However, in the United States it became the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety's box office list. Taal also made the list of the top ten grossing films in the United Kingdom that year. The film was screened at the Chicago International Film Festival and selected by Roger Ebert for his 2005 Overlooked Film Festival.
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