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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Year:
Duration:
224 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | Musical | Romance | Sport
IMDB rate:
8.3
Director:
Ashutosh Gowariker
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 44 wins & 19 nominations
Details
Country: India
Release Date: 2002-05-08
Filming Locations: Bhuj, Gujarat, India
Earnings
Budget: $6,000,000
Opening Weekend: $10,736 (USA) (12 May 2002)
Gross: $70,147 (USA) (16 June 2002)
Cast
Actor
Character
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
Amin Hajee
Bagha
Aditya Lakhia
Kachra
A.K. Hangal
Shambukaka
John Rowe
Col. Boyer
David Gant
Maj. Warren
Jeremy Child
Maj. Cotton
Ben Nealon
Lt. Smith
Anupam Shyam
Namdeo
Raja Awasthi
Ramprasad
Pramatesh Mehta
Harikaka
Bhim Vakani
Kazi
Amin Gazi
Tipu
Anu Ansari
Jigni
Parveen Bano
Kesarya
Chris England
Yardley
Howard Lee
Burton
Simon Holmes
Brooks
Ray Eves
Willis
Jon House
North
Neil Patrick
Harrisson
Jamie Whitby Coles
Wesson
Barry Hart
Benson
Alex Shirtcliff
Flynn
Amitabh Bachchan
Narrator
Pradeep Singh Rawat
Sardar (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The first cut of the film was 7 hours and 30 minutes long.
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Abhishek Bachchan was offered a role in the film, but he turned it down.
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The village shown in the film is titled Champaneer, which is supposed to be located in Madhya Pradesh. This is a fictitious place, but there is a place called Champaneer near Vadodara that is now a World Heritage Site. Coincidently, Vadodara and Bhuj, where the film was shot, are in the same state of Gujarat.
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Goofs
When Kachra is batting, the scoreboard in the background shows a score of 314. However, after two more runs have been scored, the close-up of the scoreboard shows the score to be 313.
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The film although based in the year 1893 shows quite a few British Lieutenants to be clean-shaven. The British Indian Army regulated all commissioned officers to wear whiskers till 1910, so the lieutenants had to wear beards or at least moustaches.
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When the cricket match scene is being shot, and Ismail got out as Tipu was run-out by the bowler, there is actual an omission of 1 ball. In a game of cricket, which is driven till last ball, calculation of 1 ball less is a major plot hole.
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Quotes
Bhuvan: [singing] Listen, O, my friend... what's this fear you have? This earth is ours and so is the sky...
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Umpire: No ball! Capt. Russell: [as he and Yardley, slightly incredulous, go over to the umpire] What?
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Col. Boyer: [Narrating, as he makes out an official document and affixes his wax seal] By the power vested in me by Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, I hereby declare that, after much deliberation on the matter, the Cantonment at Champaner be dissolved, and the officers and troops of the erstwhile Cantonment shall relocate and re-establish themselves in the princely state of Raj Gardh with immediate effect. Signed, Colonel J.R. Boyer, Commanding Officer, Central Provinces.
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