---
title: 'Lagaan (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ashutosh Gowariker'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 224
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/lagaan-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169102/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Lagaan (2001)

2001 · 224 min · Drama, Music, Romance · India


## Synopsis

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, or simply Lagaan, is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language epic period sports drama film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film was produced by Aamir Khan, who stars alongside debutant Gracy Singh and British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne. Set in 1893, during the late Victorian period of British colonial rule in India, the film follows the inhabitants of a village in Central India, who, burdened by high taxes and several years of drought, are challenged by an arrogant British Indian Army officer to a game of cricket as a wager to avoid paying the taxes they owe. The villagers face the arduous task of learning a game that is alien to them and playing for victory.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Aamir Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/aamir-khan)
- **Director:** [Ashutosh Gowariker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashutosh-gowariker)
- **Screenplay:** [Ashutosh Gowariker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashutosh-gowariker), [K. P. Saxena](https://cinepixo.com/people/k-p-saxena), [Kumar Dave](https://cinepixo.com/people/kumar-dave), [Sanjay Dayma](https://cinepixo.com/people/sanjay-dayma)
- **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anil Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/anil-mehta)

## Cast

- [Kulbhushan Kharbanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/kulbhushan-kharbanda)
- [Javed Khan Amrohi](https://cinepixo.com/people/javed-khan-amrohi)
- [Aditya Lakhia](https://cinepixo.com/people/aditya-lakhia)
- [Shrivallabh Vyas](https://cinepixo.com/people/shrivallabh-vyas)
- [Aamir Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/aamir-khan)
- [Gracy Singh](https://cinepixo.com/people/gracy-singh)
- [Rachel Shelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-shelley)
- [Rajesh Vivek](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajesh-vivek)
- [Daya Shankar Pandey](https://cinepixo.com/people/daya-shankar-pandey)
- [Akhilendra Mishra](https://cinepixo.com/people/akhilendra-mishra)
- [Paul Blackthorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-blackthorne)
- [Raghubir Yadav](https://cinepixo.com/people/raghubir-yadav)
- [Rajendra Gupta](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajendra-gupta)
- [A. K. Hangal](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-k-hangal)
- [Yashpal Sharma](https://cinepixo.com/people/yashpal-sharma)

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Official site: http://www.lagaan.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/lagaan-2001
Film facts: Wikidata (Q843949); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.