Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

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PG | 3 hr 40 mins | Drama, Romance, Musical, Period | Released: 6/15/2001 |Box Office Total: $0.8M

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Synopsis:

Farmer Bhuvan and his love Gauri live in the small village of Champaner in North India in 1890s. They, like the rest of their community, struggle to live off their harvests. When a brute-like British army captain challenges the locals to a cricket match, they fail to realize just how high the stakes are. One of the conditions of the game is that the loser will be burdened with a heavy, if not crippling, land tax. Although poor, the villagers are people of self-respect. Led by Bhuvan they are ready to take on the Britons despite their ignorance of the game.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/15/2001

Director	Credit
Ashutosh Gowariker	Director
Cast	Credit
Aamir Khan	Bhuvan
Gracy Singh	Gauri
Rachel Shelley	Elizabeth Russell
Paul Blackthorne	Captain Andrew Russell
Suhasini Mulay	Yashodamai
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	Rajah Puran Singh
Raghuveer Yadav	Bhura
Rajendra Gupta	Mikhiya
Rajesh Vivek	Guran
Vallabh Vyas	Ishwar
Javed Khan	Ramsinghn
Raj Zutshi	Ismail
Akhilendra Mishra	Arian
Pradeep Rawat	Deva
Daya Shankar Pandey	Goli
Yashpal Sharma	Lakha
Amin Hajee	Bagha
Aditya Lakhia	Kachra
A K Hangal	Shabukaka
John Rowe	Colonel Boyer
David Gant	Major Warren
Jeremy Child	Major Cotton
Ben Nealon	Lieutenant Smith
Anupam Shyam	Namdeo
Raja Awasthi	Ramprasad
Pramatesh Mehta	Harikaka
Brhim Vakani	Kazi
Amin Gazi
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
Luke Tinson
Katkin Allen-Coles
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Andrew Tippins
Robert Pryke
Olivia MacIntire
Neula Dunlop
Hazal Sainsbury
Ben Bloodworth
Roy Wicks
Zarine Downer
Rahiya Khatib
Master Jawed Khatib
Master Faud Khatib
Noel Rands
Stephne Atkinson
Cappucine
Cecil Bast
Lance Dane
Adrian Grew
Jhala Pankaj
Anind Sharma
Seema Rana
Geeta Sharma
Shukla Prakash
Dinkar Jhala
Master Sampan Sharma
L L Chinyara Manoj
Sonpar
Mamta Chauhan
Dinesh Maheshwari
Bipin Budhbhati
Paresh Budhbhati
Girish Trivedi
Master Samarth Trivedi
Baby Brinda Trivedi
Baby Neha Bhatt
Dhruti Rana
Gaurav Bhatt
Nidhi Tripathi
Samrudhi Rana
Meera Bhatt
Usha Maru
C D Karamshiani
Jhelum Tripathi
Kamalji Maru
Suresh Bijlani
Baby Dhara Bijlani
Jakraj Boha
Jayesh Hathi
Ramesh Sonpal
Raju Udhasi
Master Sagar Joshi
Jigna Thakar
Atul Gor
Jayanti Lal Jethi
Nitin Bhatt
Kirti Hathi
Baskar Bhuch
Hency Thakar
Arvind Thakar
Sarla Arya
Richa Arya
Ritu Bhatt
Production Credits	Credit
Aamir Khan	Producer
Reena Khan	Executive Producer
Jhamu Sughand	Producer
Reena Datta	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Aamir Khan Productions	Production Company
Eros Entertainment Inc. (US)	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
SPC	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Sony Entertainment TV Asia	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
UTV Motion Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
India
Writer	Credit
Ashutosh Gowariker	Screenplay
Ashutosh Gowariker	From Story
Sanjay Dayma	Screenplay
K.P. Saxena	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Nitin Desai	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Ashutosh Gowariker	Casting
Danielle Roffe	Casting
Uma Da Cunha	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
K U Mohanan	Photography
Rafey Mehmood	Camera - 2nd unit cameraman (2nd Unit)
Anil Mehta	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Javed Akhtar	Theme Lyrics - lyrics
A. R. Rahman	Song Performer - playback singer
A. R. Rahman	Music
S Sivakumar	Song - song recorder
Noell James	Music Coordinator
H Sridhar	Song - song recorder
Bharat Ratna	Song Performer - playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar	Song Performer - playback singer
Asha Bhonsle	Song Performer - playback singer
Alka Yagnik	Song Performer - playback singer
Udit Narayan	Song Performer - playback singer
Sadhana Sargam	Song Performer - playback singer
Sukvinder Singh	Song Performer - playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan	Song Performer - playback singer
Anuradha Sriram	Song Performer - playback singer
Vasundhara Das	Song Performer - playback singer
Kishori Gowariker	Song Performer - playback singer
Production Management	Credit
Sanjay Dayma	Assistant Director
Hassan Kutty	Script Supervisor - script supervisor/continuity
Nikhat Hegde	Production Manager
Akram Shah	Production Manager
Apoorva Lakhia	Assistant Director
Ranjit Indori	Production Manager
Reema Katgi	Assistant Director
Kiran Rao	Assistant Director
Ashok Shinde	Production Manager
Shamala Rao	Production Manager
Priyamvada Narayanan	Assistant Director
Urvashi Chugani	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
H Sridhar	Sound Mixer - final mixing engineer
Nakul Kamte	Sound Designer
Stephen Gomes	Sound Editor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Nicole Demers	Makeup - makeup designer
Bhanu Athaiya	Costume Designer
Shakti Siddhu	Wardrobe - in charge of wardrobe
Pina Rizzi	Hairdresser - hair designer
Rekha Mondal	Wardrobe - in charge of wardrobe

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