After his first two films (Pehla Nasha and Baazi) bombed at the box office, director Ashutosh Gowariker took a five-year break and wrote a script that was rejected outright by many bigwigs in the film industry. Finally, Aamir Khan decided to give it a shot, and now, we are celebrating 10 years of its undoubted success.
Yes, we're talking about the Oscar-nominated blockbuster, Lagaan. After chasing the director for a month, Sonil Dedhia and Abhishek Mande finally caught up with Gowariker.
Lagaan and Gadar released on the same day and both had a patriotic theme, but Lagaanwas not jingoistic like Gadar. Was it a conscious effort to draw a line between being patriotic and being jingoistic?
The basic plot of Lagaan is this group of people who are oppressed and have no desire to fight against anything because they are just trying to survive. In that scenario when they have to pay the lagaan, the only way they can retaliate is in a non-violent way. Bhuvan, the protagonist, thought winning a game of cricket was a very subtle way of trying to achieve the goal. When you are showing this, you cannot have jingoism.
The film is not about cricket. It's about society. The emotional drive of the film is very strong and it's reflected in Bhuvan's saying, "Don't think this is a game of cricket. It's a game of survival." This is the driving force of the movie.
Yes, we're talking about the Oscar-nominated blockbuster, Lagaan. After chasing the director for a month, Sonil Dedhia and Abhishek Mande finally caught up with Gowariker.
Lagaan and Gadar released on the same day and both had a patriotic theme, but Lagaanwas not jingoistic like Gadar. Was it a conscious effort to draw a line between being patriotic and being jingoistic?
The basic plot of Lagaan is this group of people who are oppressed and have no desire to fight against anything because they are just trying to survive. In that scenario when they have to pay the lagaan, the only way they can retaliate is in a non-violent way. Bhuvan, the protagonist, thought winning a game of cricket was a very subtle way of trying to achieve the goal. When you are showing this, you cannot have jingoism.
The film is not about cricket. It's about society. The emotional drive of the film is very strong and it's reflected in Bhuvan's saying, "Don't think this is a game of cricket. It's a game of survival." This is the driving force of the movie.
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