Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Ashutosh Gowariker

Escritores:

Kumar Dave (screenplay)
Sanjay Dayma (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

8 mayo 2002 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

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...

Plot Keywords:

British | Villager | Land Tax | Rain | 1890s

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 44 wins & 19 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Just One Word: Wow!

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

Lagaan (India: Hindi title) (short title)
Land Tax (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Lagaan: Érase una vez en la India (Argentina) (video title) (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for language and some violence.

Duración:

224 min

País:

India

Idioma:

Hindi | Inglés | Awadhi | Urdu

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bhuj, Gujarat, India

Compañía:

Aamir Khan Productions

Trivialidades:

Cameo del director: [Ashutosh Gowariker]an untouchable and a widower.

Errores:

Continuidad: After the first day's play, the direction of light-and-shade don't seem to correlate to the time-of-day (may be this is continuity?)

Citas:

Bhuvan: Where's Gauri?
Jigni: She's gone.
Bhuvan: Where? Why are you glaring at me like that?
[Jigni walks off]
Bhuvan: What the hell have I done now?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India

Just One Word: Wow!

LAGAAN (4+ outta 5 stars) Years of subjugation and unfair taxation by the British Empire come to a head and the inhabitants of a small Indian farming community face off against their evil oppressors... in a cricket match??? This may seem like a ridiculous idea for a movie (and I won't even mention the fact that it's a musical) but this was the most exciting and wonderful movie I've seen in quite some time. Yes, it all comes down to a cricket match between the upper class British twits and the neophyte Indian farmers... and the movie is almost FOUR HOURS long... but, wow... what a movie this is! The slow building of trust and community among the usually-bickering villagers as they prepare for their ultimate battle is both fascinating and inspiring. It's like watching The Magnificent Seven or The Wild Bunch gathering together for a big showdown... only instead of shooting and killing... there's cricket! A cocky British Captain (Paul Blackthorne) makes a deal with the proud, young Bhuvan (Aamir Khan): he will give the entire region three years of no taxes if they can defeat the British cricket team... but if they lose they have to pay triple tax this year. Since there has been no rain all season and they can't even pay their regular taxes... this becomes a tense, do-or-die situation. Aamir Khan is terrific in the lead (he resembles a cross between Tony Curtis, Peter Sellers and Al Pacino). He is always believable, whether trying to inspire his fellow villagers or facing his English enemies in stony silence or wooing his the lovely Gauri (Gracy Singh) with song and dance. Great story! Great music! Don't miss this one!