Subhash Ghai has opened up about casting Aishwarya Rai and Akshaye Khanna in Taal, revealing how Vinod Khanna recommended his son and why he wanted Aishwarya to shed her glamorous beauty queen image. Ghai recalled telling her, “I need to destroy your image”

Dekhu kya ho raha hai, ek jaayega bahar, matlab Rajesh Khanna bahar gaya, ab phir woh wapas aaya, phir Vinod Khanna ja raha hai.”