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Overview

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8.1/10   10,738 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ashutosh Gowariker (story)
Ashutosh Gowariker (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 May 2002 (USA) more
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Once upon a time in India
Plot:
The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers... full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 44 wins & 19 nominations more
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As a sports movie, "Lagaan" is dramatized with great élan and suspense… more (218 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Aamir Khan ... Bhuvan
Gracy Singh ... Gauri

Rachel Shelley ... Elizabeth Russell
Paul Blackthorne ... Captain Andrew Russell
Suhasini Mulay ... Yashodamai
Kulbhushan Kharbanda ... Rajah Puran Singh
Raghuvir Yadav ... Bhura (as Raghuveer Yadav)
Rajendra Gupta ... Mukhiya
Rajesh Vivek ... Guran
Shri Vallabh Vyas ... Ishwar (as Sri Vallabh Vyas)
Javed Khan ... Ram Singh

Rajendranath Zutshi ... Ismail (as Raj Zutshi)
Akhilendra Mishra ... Arjan
Daya Shankar Pandey ... Goli
Yashpal Sharma ... Lakha
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lagaan (India: Hindi title) (short title)
Land Tax (International: English title) (informal literal title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for language and some violence.
Runtime:
224 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:PG | USA:PG
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The first Bollywood production in 30 years to use synchronized sound. An Arri535 camera, brought over from Germany, was used to facilitate sync-sound recording. Most Indian films are dubbed entirely in the studio in the process known as ADR. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When they get to the last over, someone says they need 10 runs off 6 balls - but in those days there would have been 4 or 5 balls to an over. more
Quotes:
Lakha: See how badly hurt I am?
Gauri: Hurt? It's my father you need. Not me. Father? Lakha has cut his hand.
Ishwar: He seems to cut his hand more than he cuts wood.
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As a sports movie, "Lagaan" is dramatized with great élan and suspense…, 22 May 2008
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The setting is historical… The year is 1893… The British Raj imposes heavy taxes on the poor villagers despite all the problems droughts have caused on their income…

An arrogant army captain—unknown to him that his sister has fallen in love with a sensitive idealistic—confident in his countrymen's ability, offers the people relief if they can beat the fearsome British team at a game of cricket…

Despite its closeness to the conventions, "Lagaan" proved to be a break-out film… Besides the graceful and enchanting attractions of the song-and-dance sequences, it has a plot carefully fashioned to a special kind of audience—audience who likes sports movies…

They are minor characters compared to the captain's pretty sister (Rachel Shelley), who not only upholds the British tradition of fair play but also loses her heart to the handsome Indian hero…

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