the best sports-underdog-historical-triumph-of-a-persecuted-people-movie-musical-love-quadrangle I've ever seen in my whole fucking life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
लगान
A critically acclaimed, moving adventure.
The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan, a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to publicly oppose the tax. Russell offers a novel way to settle the dispute: he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can defeat Russell's team, the tax will be repealed.
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India is showing in 1 cinema in Berlin - next screening Sunday 25 October at 18:00 at Zeughauskino.
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the best sports-underdog-historical-triumph-of-a-persecuted-people-movie-musical-love-quadrangle I've ever seen in my whole fucking life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A four hour long Bollywood musical about cricket and agricultural taxes shouldn't be this consistently riveting, but here we are.
Seven Samurai meets The Bad News Bears, except it's a musical about cricket and colonialism. Basically the ideal movie.Still have no idea how to play cricket, but I do understand that British imperialism is about moving into a new territory, setting up an extortion racket and then, when the people who happen to live there complain, subjecting them to an arcane and ultimately pointless series of rules and procedures which the British themselves violate the spirit if not the letter of at every turn while also, whenever possible, resorting to outright violence to punish and intimidate said populace.
Set during British occupation in 1893, a village challenges oppressive colonial rulers to a high-stakes game of cricket to eliminate their land tax.
It was directed by Ashutosh Gowariker in 2001, marking a major milestone in Indian cinema history.
Yes, it received widespread international acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
