Aishwarya Rai with Akshay Kumar: Taal promos

 Aishwarya Rai with Akshay Kumar: Taal promos 

Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Khanna in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999)

Shot in 1998, released in Jan of 1999, Aishwarya Rai could not be more dazzlingly beautiful on the big screen. 

Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Khanna in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) 

Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Khanna in Taal (1999)

Released on Sridevi's birthday (August 13, 1999!), Taal was just a blockbuster from the word go; the music, the cast, the direction before Ghai lost his mind... 

The album is FLAWLESS! AR Rehman.... the Mozart of Madras indeed... 
 

Madhuri Dixit and Akshay Khanna in Mohabbat (1997)

Madhuri Dixit and Akshay Khanna in Mohabbat (1997).

Saroj Khan choreographs. Madhuri Dixit's most frequent collaborator. 

Er... why do the lead romantic pair look so pissed?! lol. Sun in the eye?! 
 

Akshay Khanna and Aishwarya Rai in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999)

The last RK film! 

Akshay Khanna, 24, and Aishwarya Rai, 25, in Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999). 

Actress Suman Ranganathan was a scene stealer in the film. It takes courage to convincingly shift focus when you're standing next to Miss World - the beautous Aishwarya Rai. Suman's styling, tone, dialogue delivery totally worked. 

Below rare photo of famed choreographer Saroj Khan with Aishwarya Rai - had she lived longer, like Sridevi - Saroj and famously Madhuri - Saroj, this dancer and choreographer partnership was one for the books. 

Taal (1999): The cast of the musical smash hit Aishwarya Rai, Anil Kapoor and Akshay Khanna: The A-list of Bollywood

Aishwarya Rai in Taal - with co-stars Anil Kapoor and Akshay Khanna.

Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999): Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Khanna in New York for Bollywood

Shot extensively in New York, the expensive RK film (and flop!) Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Khanna on the sets of Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999). 

When the images of the two stars on the sets of the film were published in Stardust, Aishwarya and Akshay stated that the images were such that people would write stories of their alleged affair - and when the magazines started insinuating as much, both laughed out loud.