Aamir Khan, Raj Zutshi, Raghuvir Yadav
Sometime during latter half of the 19th century, a small village in North India is facing drought conditions. Captain Andrew Russell (Paul Blackthorne), the British captain of the nearby cantonment, d...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 22, 2002
Stats: 1,125 reviews
For a movie which is SOOO GOOOD and beautifuly made - it will make you ignore the length as you will be immersed in this Bollywood epic.
Aamir Kahn is one of Bollywoods' favourite sons as he stars and produces this epic - which stands as one of the best Bollywood movies to date....( read more)
Moulin Rouge ripped this movie off. Wasn't bad, I suppose, but I admit I wasn't paying much attention to it.
One of the most inspirational sport films ever made... about cricket. Who knew?
I'm not usually a fan of sports films, but mixed with interesting period detail, beautifully shot locations and a political spin, this works really rather well. And it deserves applause for doing the impossible and making a game of cricket interesting.
The tax that Indians must pay to the British occupational government at the turn of the 19th century is "lagaan." This is the price that occupied peoples are always expected to fork over in some form or another whenever they have been "adopted" for their own good by "benevolent"...( read more)
it's perfect. too perfect. A.R.Rahman really rocks. perfect music and songs @ right situations. Casting is perfect. Direction is perfect. Lyrics is perfect. Gracy singh is good. Everyone did perfect. And the climax.... anyway we know india will win. But still they did the maximum...( read more)
This was my very first Bollywood film experience, thanks to Mr. P in high school. It will remain one of my favorites, though I rarely ever feel the need to watch the entire cricket game anymore. I still listen to the soundtrack pretty frequently and always love it.
its simply fantastic movie, one of best from indian film industry. a must see movie.
An enormously entertaining movie, like nothing we've ever seen before, and yet completely familiar. full review
The high point of the movie is the three-day match between the villagers and the British team.The humor built into individual characters as Aamir Khan assembles a cricket team and respond to the challenge of the British General is most entertaining.
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