Lagaan
PG · 2001 ‧ Sport/Musical ‧ 3h 44m
The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne) has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), a rebellious farmer, rallies the...
Release date: June 15, 2001 (USA)
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Producers: Aamir Khan and Mansoor Khan
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics
Box office: est. ₹659.7 million (see below)
Songs
Ghanan Ghanan
Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Shankar Mahadevan, ...
Mitwa
Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh, ...
Radha Kaise Na Jale
Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle, Vaishali Samant
O Rey Chhori
Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Vasundhara Das
Chale Chalo
A. R. Rahman, Srinivas
Waltz For A Romace
O Paalanhaare
Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan
Laagan
Anuradha Sriram
Cast
Produced on a budget of ₹25 crore (US$5.3 million), Lagaan was the most expensive Indian film at the time of its release. It faced multiple challenges during ...
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In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.
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LAGAAN (4+ outta 5 stars) Years of subjugation and unfair taxation by the British Empire come to a head and the inhabitants of a small Indian farming community ...
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A great big Bollywood musical, complete with song and dance and doomed love triangles and elegantly photographed men playing cricket. And it's terrific fun, in ...
His score for Aamir Khan's period drama Lagaan is a delectable blend of Indian classical music, folk melodies and jazzy snazzy tunes." The reviewer of Screen ...
For showing the victory of the human spirit in the face of oppression and for the creative use of a Cricket game as a metaphor for both colonisation and ...
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(473) · $49.95
Lagaan is an enchanting film that works on several levels: as an exciting sports film, as a poignant triangular love story and as a social and political drama.
Top stories
‘Walked up to Aamir Khan and told him this is not how it’s going to work’:
Lagaan cinematographer Anil Mehta recalls ‘exhausting’ 30-day climax shoot
The Indian Express
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not work'
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