Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
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- PG
- 3h 44min
- Drama, Musical
- 15 Jun 2001 (USA)
- Movie
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 56 wins & 20 nominations.
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Aamir Khan | ... |
Bhuvan
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Gracy Singh | ... |
Gauri
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Rachel Shelley | ... |
Elizabeth Russell
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Paul Blackthorne | ... |
Captain Andrew Russell
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Suhasini Mulay | ... |
Yashodamai
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... |
Rajah Puran Singh
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Raghubir Yadav | ... |
Bhura
(as Raghuveer Yadav)
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Rajendra Gupta | ... |
Mukhiya
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Rajesh Vivek | ... |
Guran
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Shri Vallabh Vyas | ... |
Ishwar
(as Sri Vallabh Vyas)
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Javed Khan Amrohi | ... |
Ram Singh
(as Javed Khan)
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Raj Zutshi | ... |
Ismail
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Akhilendra Mishra | ... |
Arjan
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Dayashankar Pandey | ... |
Goli
(as Daya Shankar Pandey)
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Yashpal Sharma | ... |
Lakha
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Amin Hajee | ... |
Bagha
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Pradeep Singh Rawat | ... |
Deva Singh Sodhi
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Aditya Lakhia | ... |
Kachra
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A.K. Hangal | ... |
Shambukaka
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John Rowe | ... |
Col. Boyer
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David Gant | ... |
Maj. Warren
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Jeremy Child | ... |
Maj. Cotton
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Ben Nealon | ... |
Lt. Smith
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Anupam Shyam | ... |
Namdeo
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Raja Awasthi | ... |
Ramprasad
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Pramatesh Mehta | ... |
Harikaka
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Bhim Vakani | ... |
Kazi
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Amin Gazi | ... |
Tipu
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Anu Ansari | ... |
Jigni
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Parveen Bano | ... |
Kesarya
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Chris England | ... |
Yardley
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Howard Lee | ... |
Burton
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Simon Holmes | ... |
Brooks
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Ray Eves | ... |
Willis
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Jon House | ... |
North
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Neil Patrick | ... |
Harrisson
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Jamie Whitby Coles | ... |
Wesson
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Barry Hart | ... |
Benson
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Alex Shirtcliff | ... |
Flynn
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Amitabh Bachchan | ... |
Narrator
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Directed by
Ashutosh Gowariker |
Written by
Ashutosh Gowariker | ... | (story) |
Ashutosh Gowariker | ... | (screenplay) and |
Kumar Dave | ... | (screenplay) and |
Sanjay Dayma | ... | (screenplay) |
K.P. Saxena | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
Reena Dutta | ... | executive producer |
Aamir Khan | ... | producer |
Music by
A.R. Rahman |
Cinematography by
Anil Mehta |
Editing by
Ballu Saluja |
Editorial Department
Haribabu | ... | negative cutter |
Nanadlal Prasad | ... | assistant editor: avid |
C.M. Ravichandran | ... | color timer |
Rajeev Singh | ... | editor: steinbeck |
Sunil Wadekar | ... | assistant editor: steinbeck |
Ram Singh Yadav | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Uma Da Cunha | ||
Danielle Roffe |
Production Design by
Nitin Chandrakant Desai |
Costume Design by
Bhanu Athaiya |
Makeup Department
Nicole Demers | ... | makeup designer |
Geeta Gujjar | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Joginder G. Gupta | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Nitin Indulkar | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Shobha Kamat | ... | assistant hair stylist |
S. Maliq | ... | wigs |
Shrikant More | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Sharad Pawar | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Pina Rizzi | ... | hair designer |
Simmi Shanmughan | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Sunil Shedge | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Meera Singh | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Naresh Tannir | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Yogesh Yewale | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
Nikhat Hegde | ... | production manager |
Ranjit Indori | ... | production manager |
Datta Jamkhande | ... | production manager |
Shamala S. Rao | ... | production manager |
Akram Shah | ... | production manager |
Ashok Shinde | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Urvashi Chugani | ... | assistant director |
Sanjay Dayma | ... | chief assistant director |
Reema Kagti | ... | second assistant director (as Reema Katgi) |
Apoorva Lakhia | ... | first assistant director |
Priyamvada Narayanan | ... | assistant director |
Kiran Rao | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Dhanabhai Ramji Ahir | ... | set contractor |
Hemant Bhatkar | ... | assistant art director |
Rajkishor Choudhary | ... | assistant art director (as Raj Kishor Choudhary) |
Eknath Kadam | ... | assistant art director |
Mavji | ... | set contractor |
Sanjay Panchal | ... | assistant art director |
Girish Patil | ... | assistant art director |
Kalpesh Salve | ... | assistant art director |
Dilip Satam | ... | assistant art director |
Dhananjay Thorat | ... | graphic designer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
J.D. Babu | ... | Dolby mixing: Prasad Video Digital |
Balu | ... | foley artist |
Michael C.A. | ... | sound management and coordination |
Ajith Abraham George | ... | assistant engineer |
Stephen Gomes | ... | dialogue editor / location sound effects editor |
Shaikh Gulam Hussain | ... | boom operator (as Sheikh Gulam Hassan) |
Shankar J. | ... | sound assistant |
Nakul Kamte | ... | production sound mixer / sound designer / sound / supervising sound editor |
Ashraf Khan | ... | second boom operator |
V. Kishore | ... | stereo sound consultant: Dolby |
Kumar | ... | foley artist |
S. Chandra Kumar | ... | Dolby mixing: Prasad Video Digital |
Satish Kumar | ... | asst re-recording mixer |
Sekar L. | ... | sound assistant |
Lingam | ... | foley artist |
Murali | ... | foley artist |
Karthikeyan N. | ... | foley and sfx track laying |
Krishnanunni N.R. | ... | Broadcast Audio Transferring |
T. Kamatchi Nathan | ... | audioworks station |
Tapas Nayak | ... | sound assistant (as Tappas Nayak) |
Nazim Naseer Peshiman | ... | second boom operator |
C. Sethu | ... | foley artist |
H. Sridhar | ... | final mixing engineer |
Baylon Fonseca | ... | DTS mix engineer (uncredited) |
Sreejesh | ... | dvd mastering engineer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Vishal Anand | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Sherry Bharda | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Amit Chomal | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Vinit Dutt Mannan | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Sanjay Francis | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Rahul Kallankandy | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Pankaj Khandpur | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Bharat Sachdev | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Piku Shahani | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Aquil Unia | ... | special effects: Western Outdoor, Bombay |
Visual Effects by
Amit S. Chomal | ... | flame artist |
Pankaj Khandpur | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Giles Livesey | ... | digital film colorist |
Satish Ratakonda | ... | digital compositor: Mantra-RFC (as Satish Babu) |
Vishal Anand | ... | senior CGI artist (uncredited) |
Shakti Banerjee | ... | digital compositor: Mantra-Ramoji Film City (uncredited) |
Angel Das | ... | visual effects artist (uncredited) |
Stunts
Salam Ansari | ... | assistant stunt coordinator |
Aejaz Gulab | ... | assistant action (as Ejaz Gulab) |
Javed Karim | ... | assistant action |
Abbas Ali Moghul | ... | action coordinator |
Salam | ... | assistant action |
Camera and Electrical Department
G.R. Adam | ... | grip |
Nasim Ahmed | ... | spot boy |
Amina A. Amlani | ... | generator operator |
P. Amos | ... | spot boy |
Babu Batliwala | ... | spot boy |
Paramjit Chawla | ... | assistant still photographer |
Chandi Das | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Mulchand Dedhia | ... | gaffer |
Anthony Fernandes | ... | crane operator |
Shivaji Gawda | ... | spot boy |
Shankar Ghatge | ... | spot boy |
Kusha Gowda | ... | spot boy |
Lava Gowda | ... | spot boy |
Sachin Gowda | ... | spot boy |
R.J. Gururaj | ... | chief camera assistant |
Abdul Hamid Shaikh | ... | lighting technician |
Hari | ... | spot boy |
Tukaram Joshi | ... | lighting technician (as Tukaram S. Joshi) |
H. Karmali | ... | generator operator |
Rajesh Khale | ... | assistant camera |
Nizam Khan | ... | lighting technician |
Rasool Khan | ... | lighting technician |
Harindra Kotain | ... | spot boy |
Krishna | ... | assistant camera |
Ravi Kuduur | ... | crane operator |
Rafey Mehmood | ... | camera operator: second unit |
K.U. Mohanan | ... | additional photographer |
Namdeo | ... | spot boy |
Sudhir Palsane | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Joginder Panda | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Satyajit Pande | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Shiva Poojari | ... | spot boy |
Rajesh | ... | spot boy |
Ramana | ... | crane operator |
Ramprasad | ... | assistant camera |
Sampad Ray | ... | assistant camera: second unit (as Sampat Roy) |
Vinod Ray | ... | assistant camera |
Narsimha Reddy | ... | assistant camera |
Raj Reddy | ... | assistant camera |
Hardeep Sachdev | ... | still photographer (as Hardeep Singh Sachdev) |
Kamlesh Sadrani | ... | lighting technician |
Hitesh Sadrrani | ... | electrician |
Ashu Solanki | ... | assistant camera |
Subramanium | ... | spot boy |
Baban Ganpath Tambe | ... | lighting technician (as Baban Tambe) |
Lalit Tiwari | ... | assistant still photographer |
Nagesh S. Vagade | ... | lighting technician |
Barkhat M. Zaria | ... | lighting technician (as Barkat Zaria) |
Casting Department
Ashutosh Gowariker | ... | casting: Indians |
Dinesh Anchan | ... | casting associate (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sayed A. Aziz | ... | dressman |
Seikh Shakil Aziz | ... | dressman |
Shabbir Baig | ... | dressman |
Shashikant Dhavan | ... | dressman |
Rekha Mondal | ... | wardrobe in charge |
Sayed Raju | ... | dressman |
M.D. Sanaullah | ... | dressman |
Shakti Siddhu | ... | wardrobe in charge |
Kashinath Sutraye | ... | dressman |
Music Department
Javed Akhtar | ... | lyricist |
Asha Bhosle | ... | playback singer (as Asha Bhonsle) |
Clinton Cerejo | ... | music producer and/or vocal arranger |
Vasundhara Das | ... | playback singer |
Kishori Gowariker | ... | playback singer |
Noell James | ... | music coordinator |
Shankar Mahadevan | ... | playback singer |
Lata Mangeshkar | ... | playback singer |
Udit Narayan | ... | playback singer |
A.R. Rahman | ... | playback singer |
Sadhana Sargam | ... | playback singer |
Shaan | ... | playback singer |
Sukhwinder Singh | ... | playback singer (as Sukhvinder Singh) |
S. Sivakumar | ... | song recordist |
H. Sridhar | ... | song recordist |
Srinivas | ... | playback singer |
Anuradha Sriram | ... | playback singer |
Vaishali | ... | playback singer |
Alka Yagnik | ... | playback singer |
Script and Continuity Department
Hassan Kutty | ... | continuity / script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Komal Bhatti | ... | travel and transportation: Ashapura Tours and Travels |
Naresh Gyani | ... | travel and transportation: Krishna Internationals |
Additional Crew
Nabeel Abbas | ... | media consultant / web site designer |
Abdul | ... | office boy |
Adinath | ... | office boy |
Richa Arya | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Sarla Arya | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Raja Awasthi | ... | dialect supervisor: on location |
Satyajit Bhatkal | ... | production executive |
Baby Neha Bhatt | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Gaurav Bhatt | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Meera Bhatt | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Nitin Bhatt | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Ritu Bhatt | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Baskar Bhuch | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Baby Dhara Bijlani | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Suresh Bijlani | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Jakraj Boha | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Simrit Brar | ... | publicity design and printing |
Bipin Budhbhati | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Paresh Budhbhati | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Husaini Budhwani | ... | web site designer |
Gaurav Chanana | ... | studio assistant (as Gaurav) |
Mamta Chauhan | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Chinna | ... | assistant choreographer |
L.L. Chinyara | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Sanjeev Chopra | ... | accountant |
Christopher | ... | through MAPS Bangalore |
Kumar Dave | ... | associate director |
Gautham | ... | production assistant |
Georgé | ... | through MAPS Bangalore |
Gokul | ... | office boy |
Atul Gor | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Adrian Grew | ... | through MAPS Bangalore |
Rajesh Grover | ... | web site designer |
Jayesh Hathi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Kirti Hathi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Ganesh Hegde | ... | choreographer: "Mitwa" |
Faisal Hindustani | ... | web site designer |
Imam Husain | ... | accountant |
Niranjan Iyengar | ... | web site copy |
Jayanti Lal Jethi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Dinkar Jhala | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Pankaj Jhala | ... | local artiste coordinator |
Pankash Jhala | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Master Sagar Joshi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Pradeep Joshi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Suryanarayanan K.M. | ... | chief technical engineer |
Ujjwala Kadam | ... | web site designer |
Harshall Kamat | ... | assistant choreographer |
Mehul Kapadia | ... | assistant: Choreographer |
C.D. Karamshiani | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Nuzhat Khan | ... | subtitling assistant: NFDC |
Raju Khan | ... | choreographer: "Ghanan, Chale Chalo, O Paalanhaare" |
Reshma Khan | ... | assistant choreographer |
Saroj Khan | ... | choreographer: "Radha Kaise Na Jale" |
Shaheen Khan | ... | accountant |
Maliaka Kirtikar | ... | accountant |
Krishnan | ... | production assistant |
Kumar | ... | studio assistant |
Terence Lewis | ... | choreographer: "Waltz for a Romance" |
Mabel | ... | assistant choreographer |
Dinesh Maheshwari | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Nanaso Mane | ... | web site designer |
Kamalji Maru | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Usha Maru | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Mehul | ... | assistant choreographer |
Alnoor Merchant | ... | web site designer |
Vaibhavi Merchant | ... | choreographer: "O Rey Chhori" |
Sadruddin Jiva Mistry | ... | generator department (as Saddrudin Jiva Mistri) |
Noor Mohamed | ... | technical assistant |
Janakiraman P. | ... | technical coordination and disc mastering |
Binny Padda | ... | promos |
Paras | ... | generator department |
Kishan Poruva | ... | generator department (as Kishan) |
Rajesh | ... | office boy |
Ramchandra | ... | accountant (as Ramachandran) |
Dhruti Rana | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Samrudhi Rana | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Seema Rana | ... | Bhuj artiste |
B. Shrinivas Rao | ... | chief executive production |
Maithili Rao | ... | subtitling: NFDC |
Rajendra Rao | ... | public relations officer: print media |
Ronit Roy | ... | security officer |
Samidurai | ... | studio assistant in charge |
Clemintina Santos | ... | production assistant |
Sathyamoorthy | ... | production assistant |
K. Satish | ... | technical coordination and disc mastering (as Satish K.) |
Ameen Sayani | ... | radio promotions |
Devang Shah | ... | web site designer |
Kalpana Shah | ... | assistant choreographer |
Shakti | ... | office boy |
Anand Sharma | ... | Bhuj artiste / local artiste coordinator |
Geeta Sharma | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Master Sampan Sharma | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Vikas Sharma | ... | assistant choreographer |
Himanshu Sheth | ... | television publicity coordinator (as Hemanshu Seth) |
Prakash Shukla | ... | Bhuj artiste |
V.K. Singh | ... | censor: PRO (as Vinod Kumar Singh) |
Hansa Soni | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Ramesh Sonpal | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Manoj Sonpar | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Rajeev Soorti | ... | assistant choreographer |
Subhash | ... | office boy |
Arvind Thakar | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Hency Thakar | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Jigna Thakar | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Robin Thakar | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Ashish Tharthare | ... | production executive |
Jhelum Tripathi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Nidhi Tripathi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Baby Brinda Trivedi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Girish Trivedi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Master Samarth Trivedi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Raju Udhasi | ... | Bhuj artiste |
Unnikrishnan | ... | production assistant |
Vikash Verma | ... | adviser |
C.B. Wadhwa | ... | legal consultant |
Baba Yadav | ... | assistant choreographer (as Baba) |
Mohamed Yousuff | ... | studio assistant |
Thanks
Dhanabhai Ramji Ahir | ... | thanks |
Amitabh Bachchan | ... | thanks (as Shri Amitabh Bachchan) |
Bharat Chotani | ... | thanks |
Maharao Pragmulji III | ... | thanks |
G. Rao | ... | thanks (as Dr. G. Rao) |
Nikhil Shah | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Aamir Khan Productions
- Jhamu Sughand Productions (presented by)
Distributors
- Aamir Khan Productions (2001) (India) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2002) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Columbia TriStar Films (2001) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Filmmuseum Distributie (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Key Films (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Movie Magic (2001) (India) (theatrical)
- Rézo Films (2002) (France) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2002) (United States) (theatrical)
- B4U Entertainment
- Columbia TriStar Film (Germany)
- Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2002) (Argentina)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (United States) (video)
- Eros Worldwide
- Filmfreak Distributie (2003) (Netherlands) (video)
- LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
- LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Netflix India (India) (video) (VOD)
- STAR TV
- Sony Entertainment Television Asia
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2003) (Japan) (VHS)
Special Effects
- Western Outdoor (visual effects)
Other Companies
- Akanksha Travels, Bombay (travel and transportation)
- Akash International, Delhi (travel and transportation)
- Ashapura Tours & Travels, Bhuj (travel and transportation)
- Bakshi Caterers, Delhi (catering)
- Bimal Parekh & Co. (chartered accountants)
- Block-Korenbrot Public Relations (Publicist)
- Blue Moon Caterers, Bhuj (catering)
- Carewell Maintenance (housekeeping)
- Corporation Bank (banking services)
- Crescent Media (web site)
- Deutsche Bank (banking services)
- Digital Film Lab London (digital scanning and recording)
- Emirates (international carrier)
- Endeavour (web site)
- Ghanibai, Bhuj (horses)
- Hotel Aadithya (hospitality at Chennai)
- Jyoti Travels, Bhuj (travel and transportation)
- Kodak India (film stock supplied by)
- Krishna Internationals (travel and transportation)
- Light & Grips Equipment Hirers India (grip and lighting equipment)
- Lights & Grips (light equipment)
- MAC Cosmetics (makeup material)
- Mantra, Ramoji Film City (telecine transfers)
- Media Artists (DTS sound mix)
- Midtown Resorts, Gandhidham (catering)
- National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) (camera equipment provided by)
- National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) (subtitling)
- Panchthan Recording Inn, Chennai (song recording)
- Power Point (generator)
- Prasad Studios, Chennai (Dolby Digital sound mix)
- Property Guards Securities Pvt. Ltd. (security)
- Rajshree Pictures (camera equipment provided by)
- Ramoji Film City (camera equipment provided by)
- SRP Enterprises (crane)
- Sandhu Roadways (travel and transportation)
- Shiv Regency, Gandhidham (catering)
- Sony Music (audio cassetes and CDs)
- Sync Sound (audio post-production)
- Sync Sound (audio rental)
- Tinu Devraj & Company (junior artists supplier)
- Trimurthi Equipments (rain and storm equipment)
- United India Insurance Co. Ltd. (I) (insurance)
- Vamshi Enterprises (crane)
- Venus (crane)
- Verma & Sons (horses)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
This is the story about the resilience shown by the Indians when they were under the British Rule. They are already taxed to the bone by the British and their cronies, but when Jack Russell announces that he will double the Lagaan (tax) from all villagers, they decide to oppose it. Leading the villagers is a handsome young man named Bhuvan, who challenges them to a game of cricket, a game that is to be played by veteran British cricket players, versus villagers, including Bhuvan himself, who have never played this game before, and do not even know a bat from a piece of wood. As the challenge is accepted, the interest grows and attracts Indians from all over the region, as well as the British from all over the country - as everyone gathers to see the 'fair play' that the British will display against their counter-parts, who are aided by none other than the sister, Elizabeth, of Captain Rusell. Written by Sumitra (corrected by Sonia) |
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Taglines | Once upon a time in India See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | INR250,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The first cut of the film was 7 hours and 30 minutes long. See more » |
Goofs | When they get to the last over, someone says they need 10 runs off 6 balls - but in those days there would have been 4 or 5 balls to an over. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002). See more » |
Soundtracks | Ghanan Ghanan See more » |
Quotes |
[Gauri is walking away in tears, Bhuvan shouts after her]
Bhuvan: Hey Gauri! There's only one house in the village with a neem tree in the yard. There's also a big field beside it. There's some chickens, two cows, and three goats. And I know whose house that is! It's mine, you silly girl! One thing before you go. Mother likes you, too! See more » |