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Lagaan (Hindi: लगान; Urdu: لگان; English: land tax), also known as Lagaan: Once upon a time in India, is an award-winning film made in India, released on June 1, 2001. It became the third Bollywood film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (after Mother India in 1957), though No Man's Land won the award. The director, Ashutosh Gowariker, and the lead actor and producer, Aamir Khan, flew to Los Angeles to lobby for the film; they, and the film, attracted a great deal of free publicity. As a result, Lagaan was booked into many theaters worldwide, theaters that do not ordinarily show Indian films. This was for many Westerners the first opportunity to see a genuine Bollywood film in the local cinema. This work is copyrighted. ...
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Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. "Lagaan" is set in late 19th century India. Captain Andrew Russell (Paul Blackthorne), the commanding officer of a British cantonment, oppresses the people of Champaner with high taxes (lagaan). The local ruler, Rajah Pooran Singh, asks that taxes be lowered, to ease the suffering of the drought-stricken villagers. Captain Russell humiliates the rajah by asking him to eat meat if he wishes the taxes to be lowered. The rajah says that he must keep the rules of his religion and his caste; he cannot eat meat. Captain Russell then doubles the taxes. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Paul Blackthorne in 24 Paul Blackthorne (March 5, 1969) is a British actor on film, television and radio. ...
A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters, typically in South India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. ...
A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (for example, tribes, secessionist movements or revolutionary movements). ...
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The peasants, who are already suffering from a prolonged drought, are devastated by this news. The monsoon is late; they will be unable to pay regular taxes, much less double taxes. They beg the rajah to help them, but he says he cannot persuade the British to mercy. A drought is a period of time when there is not enough water to support agricultural, urban, human, or environmental water needs. ...
Monsoon in the Vindhya mountain range, central India A monsoon is a storm whose direction depends on the specific season. ...
The villagers, returning from their fruitless audience with the rajah, stop to watch the British officers playing cricket. Captain Russell notices them and sees the young, impetuous Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), who has previously angered him. The captain offers Bhuvan a wager: he will cancel the taxes of the whole province for three years if a village team can beat his men at cricket. If they lose, they will owe triple tax. To the horror of the other villagers, Bhuvan accepts this wager on their behalf. Later, he explains that as they can pay neither double nor triple taxes, they should grab the chance for a tax remission. For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Aamir Hussain Khan (/ /; Devanagari: आिमर ख़ान, Urdu script: عامر Øسین خان), born March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed Indian film actor and producer. ...
Nonetheless, the villagers of Champaner, and of all the neighboring villages, are furious with Bhuvan. No one has ever played cricket. How can complete novices beat the British?
The British Government, on learning of Captain Russell’s wager, admonishes him for his arrogant and irresponsible behaviour. His superiors tell him that if he loses the match, he will have to reimburse all the taxes from his own pocket and moreover suffer a transfer to East Africa. Eastern Africa (UN subregion) East African Community Central African Federation (defunct) geographic, including above East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. ...
Led by the courageous Bhuvan and helped by Russell’s good-hearted sister Elizabeth (Rachel Shelley), a few villagers begin to learn cricket. As time progresses, more and more villagers are convinced to join Bhuvan's team. Bhuvan accepts them on merit alone, disregarding all considerations of religion and caste. This is controversial, but eventually accepted by the villagers. The team works hard and it seems that they might have a chance to win. Rachel Shelley is a Swindon-born English actress. ...
As they spend time together, Elizabeth falls in love with Bhuvan, who is himself attached to a charming local girl, Gauri. Though Bhuvan feels nothing but respect for Elizabeth and Elizabeth never expresses her feelings, Gauri sees how matters stand and is anxious until Bhuvan declares his love. This infuriates the woodcutter Lakha, who had hoped to win Gauri himself. Lakha decides to humble Bhuvan by forcing him to lose the match. Lakha joins the team, but secretly meets with Captain Russell, informing him of everything that is happening. The captain tries to prevent his sister from helping the villagers, but she defies him.
So matters stand when the three-day cricket match starts. An immense crowd of villagers gathers to watch the British and the local team face off at cricket. The last hour of the movie is a condensed rendition of the game, ending with an edge-of-your-seat climax. It has a slight resemblance to 1981 film Escape to Victory. Escape to Victory is a 1981 film about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a Nazi prison camp during World War II. It was directed by John Huston and stars Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone. ...
Subplot The love-triangle between Bhuvan, Gauri and Elizabeth parallels the story of Krishna, Radha and Rukmini in Hindu mythology. Krishna and Radha love one another in a pure and unconditional way, but circumstances of the world drive them apart. Krishna eventually marries Queen Rukmini while Radha marries Ayanaghosha, though some traditions say that Radha never married out of unwavering devotion to Krishna. Radha's relationship with Krishna is said to be symbolic of spiritual devotion because Radha remains eternally devoted to the god despite being physically separated from him. Krishna with Radharani, 18th C Rajasthani painting Krishna (कृषà¥à¤£ in Devanagari, in IAST ) is a deity famously worshipped throughout the traditions of Hinduism. ...
A Rajastani style painting of Sri Radha Radha (Devanagari: राधा) is a famous female personality from Hindu, (Vedic) tradition, also known as Radharani, prefixed with the respectful term Srimati by devout followers. ...
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In the film, the village celebrates a festival by performing the song "Radha kaise na jale" (“Why shouldn't Radha be jealous?”) with Bhuvan and Gauri playing the parts of Krishna and Radha respectively. During the performance, Krishna (Bhuvan) makes Radha (Gauri) jealous by ignoring her and flirting with the other gopis instead. This appears to reference a story in the Bhagavata Purana in which Krishna attracts the amorous attentions of the local gopis (cow-herding girls) of Vrindavana. Krishna playfully feigns disinterest and rejects their advances until they become jealous of one-another while vying for his affection. Radha emerges as Krishna’s favorite gopi and becomes his lover. The Bhagavata Purana (sometimes rendered as Bhagavatha Purana), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, written c. ...
Gopis as depicted in portrait at the Smithsonian Institute Gopi is a word of Sanskrit (गोपी) origin meaning cow-herd girl. In Hinduism specifically the name gopi (sometimes gopika) is used more commonly to refer to the group of cow herding girls famous within Vaishnava Theology for their unconditional devotion (bhakti...
Elizabeth appears to fall in love with Bhuvan while watching his charming performance, which makes Gauri very jealous. Throughout the film, Gauri admonishes Bhuvan for ignoring her whenever Elizabeth is present. Gauri appears to believe she is Radha to Bhuvan’s Krishna while Elizabeth is merely a “lovelorn gopi” that has caught his eye. However, the film suggests that Gauri is actually Queen Rukmini while Elizabeth is Radha. During the song “O Rey Chhori”, Elizabeth and Bhuvan fantasize about being together despite the distance between them created by culture and his impending marriage to Gauri. At the end of the film, the narrator states that Elizabeth returned to England, where she never married and remained “Bhuvan’s Radha for all of her life”. This suggests that, despite his marriage to Gauri, Bhuvan and Elizabeth are united by a sacred bond that transcends time and space, just as Krishna remained united with Radha after he married Rukmini.
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Awards and nominations
Won - 2002 Bergen International Film Festival, Jury Award - Ashutosh Gowarikar
- 2002 Filmfare Best Actor Award - Aamir Khan
- 2002 Filmfare Best Director Award - Ashutosh Gowarikar
- 2002 Filmfare Best Movie Award
- 2002 Filmfare Best Music Director Award - A. R. Rahman
- 2002 Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - Javed Akhtar
- 2002 Filmfare Best Male Playback Award - Udit Narayan for the song "Mitwa"
- 2002 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Alka Yagnik For the song "O Re Chhori"
- 2002 Filmfare Best Story Award - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 IIFA Best Actor Award - Aamir Khan
- 2002 IIFA Best Director Award - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 IIFA Best Movie Award - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Asha Bhosle For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
- 2002 IIFA Best Music Director Award - A. R. Rahman
- 2002 Leeds International Film Festival, Audience Award - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 Locarno International Film Festival Audience Award
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, India
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Music Direction, India - A. R. Rahman
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer, India - Udit Narayan For the song "Mitwa Re"
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Audiography, India - H. Sridhar, Nakul Kamte
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Lyrics, India - Javed Akhtar
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Costume Design, India - Bhanu Athaiya
- 2002 National Film Award for Best Art Direction, India - Nitin Chandrakant Desai
- 2002 Portland International Film Festival, Audience Award - Ashutosh Gowarikar
- 2002 Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female - Gracy Singh
- 2002 Star Screen Award Best Director - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 Star Screen Award Best Film - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Asha Bhosle For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale"
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Male - Aamir Khan
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut - Gracy Singh
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Director - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Film - Ashutosh Gowariker
- 2002 Zee Cine Award for Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Music Director - A.R. Rahman
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Female - Asha Bhosle For the song "Radha Kaise Na Jale".
- 2002 Zee Cine Award Best Story - Ashutosh Gowarikar
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The IIFA Best Movie Award is chosen via a worldwide poll and the winner is announced at the ceremony. ...
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The Star Screen Award Best Director is chosen via a worldwide poll and is announced at the ceremony, which normally takes place in January Frequent winners include Sanjay Leela Bhansali (3) and Rakesh Roshan (2) The winners are listed below:- Bollywood Star Screen Awards Cinema of India Filmfare Awards Category...
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The Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist is chosen by the jury and the winner is announced at the actual ceremony. ...
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Cast and crew
Crew Ashutosh Gowariker is an Indian film director and actor. ...
Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: à®.ஆரà¯.ரஹà¯à®®à®¾à®©à¯) (born on January 6, 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a composer, best known for composing film scores and soundtracks. ...
Javed Akhtar (January 17, 1945) is an Urdu poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. ...
Aamir Hussain Khan (/ /; Devanagari: आिमर ख़ान, Urdu script: عامر Øسین خان), born March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed Indian film actor and producer. ...
Cast Aamir Hussain Khan (/ /; Devanagari: आिमर ख़ान, Urdu script: عامر Øسین خان), born March 14, 1965, in Mumbai, India, is a highly acclaimed Indian film actor and producer. ...
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