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Aamir Khan,
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Gracy Singh,
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Ashotosh Gowariker,
Ashotosh Gowariker
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: Not Rated
: Columbia TriStar
: Foreign, Political Satire, Costume Drama/Period Piece, India, Sports Comedy, Musicals, Bollywood, Sports, Sports Comedy
: 225 min.
: English, Hindi
: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, Thai
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One of the most expensive films ever to come out of Bollywood, Lagaan tells the tale of the Indian village Champaner, beset by drought and British colonialism in the year 1893. Without a drop of rain in months, the worried villagers of Champaner decide to ask the local authorities for a temporary repeal of their taxes -- the hated lagaan. Led by the heroic Bhuvan (Indian superstar Aamir Khan) they bring their plight to the military governor, Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne). But the sadistic Russell threatens to raise the lagaan threefold, unless the villagers can beat his men at a game of cricket, in which case he'll lift taxes on the entire province for a period of three years. Bhuvan accepts the challenge, but there's a problem -- no one in Champaner knows how to play cricket. A band of misfits come to the rescue, coached by Russell's soft-hearted sister Elizabeth (Rachel Shelley), and the race is on to be ready in three months' time. An epic reworking of Victory with eye-popping song-and-dance routines, Lagaan was a major cinematic event in India upon its release. ~ Connor McMadden, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Scene Unseen
- Filmographies
- Production Notes
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| Absolutely enthrallling
by MHam
October 29, 2005 - 9:49 AM PDT
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| This movie is a perfect match of style and story, and while the pace is leisurely, the story totally fills the time and the viewer (at least, the viewers here) is enthralled. Highly recommended. |
| The Seven Samurai of cricket movies
by ColonelKong
July 22, 2003 - 11:43 AM PDT
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4 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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I'm generally not into sports much, I knew next to nothing about cricket and had no particular interest in the game before seeing this film, but I ended up being surprised by how involved I got in it. I think that the climactic cricket tournament in this film (which takes place during the last hour of the film) has all the intensity and suspense of a good battle scene in a war film. I suppose this is a good example of the saying,"It doesn't matter what a movie is about, only how it's about it." I didn't even mind that it was close to 4 hours long!
If you're new to Bollywood cinema (I've only seen a handful of Bollywood films myself), this isn't a bad place to start. |
| educational too
by skybrian
March 1, 2003 - 2:58 PM PST
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4 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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Not only is this movie fun to watch, but it's a good way to learn a little about cricket if you don't know any. (Or at least, I have better questions to ask the cricket fans I know.)
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