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Would you believe the most enchanting musical of the year is an almost four-hour-long epic about a ragtag group of 19th-century Indian farmers who form a cricket team to take on an arrogant British captain? The old-fashioned Hollywood musical is alive and well in India’s Bollywood industry, where the joyful explosion of music and dance and innocent romance abounds in sweeping epics. In this infectious tale of bloodless revolution, the underdog outcasts and oddballs of a fractured village pull together into a unified team to take on the oppressive colonial Brits at their own game. Think The Longest Yard meets The Seven Samurai by way of Rudyard Kipling, with cricket bats, choreographed dance numbers, romantic triangles, and a rousing call to solidarity. There are no surprises, but what spirit, what color, what good fun! –Sean Axmaker
From The New Yorker
This Indian film-a period musical drama about a group of drought-stricken villagers who play a cricket ma (more…)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bollywood Showdown
“Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India” is an entrancing, sensual Indian epic. Aamir Khan stars as Bhuvan, the handsome, charismatic,frequently shirtless hero.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Movie – Damaged DVD
Lagaan is a very good Indian musical. We have never, though, been able to watch the movie all the way to the end.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Often great fun, but overlong
Aamir Khan’s 2001 film LAGAAN proved a crossover hit for Bollywood, with this Hindi-language drama interspersed with gratuitous music scenes–and a plot based on sport unknown to…
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Musical for People Who Don’t Like Musicals
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady… I love them and hate them. I watch them repeatedly but I frequently grow impatient and wish that the extremely…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lagaan:Once Upon a Time in India
We’ve seen this movie many years ago and enjoyed it so much.We purchase a copy from “Amazon” which does not work on our DVD player or others we’ve tried out.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Different but great movie
It is all said in the other reviews. I just want to add weight to the encouragement to try this movie-even if the cricket sounds boring.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not as Advertised
This may be a wonderful movie. However, it’s advertised as an English language film. It’s not. It’s in Hindi.
1.0 out of 5 stars
This DVD is in PAL format
Even though it explicitly states near the top of this page that this DVD is in NTSC format, it is not.
4.0 out of 5 stars
As a sports movie, “Lagaan” is dramatized with great élan and suspense…
The setting is historical… The year is 1893… The British Raj imposes heavy taxes on the poor villagers despite all the problems droughts have caused on their income…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiring Story of the Human Spirit
A deeply spiritual movie with redemptive themes that captures the courage and determination of the human spirit, Lagaan will transport you to a time and place you’ll wish you were…