Lagaan

Lagaan ( Lagaan: Once Upon has Time in India ) is an Indian film carried out by Ashutosh Gowariker left in 2001.

Synopsis

In 1893, under the British occupation, the inhabitants of Champaner, a village of the center of the India, awaits the Mousson impatiently because harvests are thin.

Each year, the village must discharge Lagaan , a tax paid on the harvest of cereals. In order to humiliate the villagers, the chief of the local British garrison wants to double this tax whereas they are at the edge of the famine.

The villagers then beg Maharaja to intervene with the captain so that it reconsiders his decision. Having a dispute with the Bhuvan young person, the officer proposes a market then: if the Indians beat the Britanniques during a match of Cricket, they will be exonerated from the Lagaan during three years; on the other hand, if they lose, they will have to discharge triple tax…

Data sheet

Title: Lagaan ( Lagaan: Once Upon has Time in India )
Réalisation: Ashutosh Gowariker
Scenario: Ashutosh Gowariker, KUMAR Dave and Sanjay Dayma
Music: A.R. Rahman
Coming out date: 2001
Indian Film
Format: Colors - 2,35:1
Kind: dramatic comedy
Lasted: 220 minutes
All public

Distribution

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
Rajendra Gupta : Mukhiya
Rajesh Vivek : Guran
Shri Vallabh Vyas : Ishwar
Javed Khan : RAM Singh
Raj Zutshi: Ismail
Akhilendra Mishra : Arjan
Pradeep Rawat : Deva
Daya Shankar Pandey : Goli

Rewards

Filmfare Awards 2002 : Eight rewards of which “Better film” and “Better realizer”

External bonds

Official site of the film
Lagaan on Internet Movie Database
Lagaan on ''' fantastikasia ''' (Critical)
official Boxoffice of '' Lagaan '' on the '' Database Light ''

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