Lagaan was a Bollywood movie that successfully combined cricket, love, entertainment and life in British occupied India. It saw success commercially and was lauded as a brilliant movie by critics.
It was promoted well by the savvy Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker making it’s presence felt overseas. It entered the Oscar race and missed to nail the Oscar but nonetheless has made it a film one will not forget in a hurry.
Aamir Khan played Bhuvan and aced the dialect and the rustic look. He is the village boy who walks into a bet with a British officer. If the villagers win no tax if they lose their tax is multiplied. And Rachel Shelley as Elizabeth coaches them. Gracy Singh is the village belle Gauri who loves him and sees his infatuation with Elizabeth as a threat. There’s a traitor in the picture but the movie ends to cheers and that’s what matters in the end.
Connection between cricketers and bollywood starts 