Really Surprised!

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

This movie was brilliant and entertaining but I really liked the storyline good screenplay storyline good movie but I really liked it Editing and direction good background music is great songs are superb Aamir khan was brilliant gracy Singh is superb other actors are excellent This is sure a blockbuster film best movie of 2001Don't miss it5/5 stars

The best cricket movie ever made.Set in India in the late-1800s, the local British rulers are imposing excessively high taxes on the local population. One of the local villagers has a run-in with the senior British officer, resulting in a cricket match between the British and the villagers. If the villagers win, they don't have to pay taxes for three years. If they lose, they have to pay three times their usual taxes.Interesting, engaging movie with some of the most realistic cricket scenes you'll see in a movie. The April 2004 edition of The Wisden Cricketer, probably the foremost cricket magazine in the world, had their list of the top 10 cricket moments in movies, and Lagaan come in at number 1. I wholeheartedly agree with their assessment. Cricket in movies is normally very badly done, looking as if the director had no clue about the sport. Even Bodyline, the movie about the infamous 1932 Bodyline series, had some laughable moments (eg the England wicket-keeper, Les Ames, standing up to the wicket for the express pace of Harold Larwood!). Considering that it was a movie exclusively about an historic cricket series, thus is even more cricket-centric than Lagaan, which is as much a human drama as a cricket movie, Bodyline's cricket scenes were very badly done. (Bodyline's script was just as bad, very biased and propaganda-like: going out of it's way to be anti-English). I expected similar inaccuracies in Lagaan and was pleasantly surprised. While there are some minor inaccuracies and inconsistencies, this is truly the most accurate and best cricket movie ever made. It is also good as a drama, not just a cricket movie, so recommended for those less-into-cricket too. (Aside: Bodyline came in at Number 3 on Wisden's list).

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.So, Aamir Khan seems to be in every Indian film, and every Indian film seems to be three to four hours long. And often for no reason. This is another one of those.I appreciate the idea of having a film made by Indians about the Indian resistance to British rule. There is certainly more to that story than simply "Gandhi". But the Bollywood way of telling these stories just ruins them. Would people fighting against their oppression really burst into song at random times? No.

This movie is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bollywood movies of all time and it definitely deserves that recognition. The scope, production budget and attention to detail were unprecedented for the time in which it was released. Apart from that, the natural performances given by the actors make the movie one to remember. The runtime of the movie is absolutely huge but surprisingly passes by in a breeze. The wonderful soundtrack composed by A.R. Rahman is one of the best ever and it complements the movie beautifully. Aamir Khan shows that he is one of the most talented actors in India and always chooses his movies wisely. I hope that other filmmakers take inspiration from this movie and try to make more such movies which show the real India. A must watch for all cinema-goers.