As his film 'Taal' completes 25 years, filmmaker Subhash Ghai revealed that choreographer Saroj Khan was the one who recommended Aishwarya Rai for the film. "I asked Saroj, 'Who's the best dancer amongst all the heroines on my wishlist?' and she said 'Aishwarya'," Ghai recalled. He said that Aishwarya worked "very hard" even when there was "rain, mud or toofan".