Lagaan

Set a hundred years back in Indian history, this is the story of a handful of farmers in rural India who take on the mighty British in a cricket match over agricultural tax called lagaan.

Language: Hindi Directed by: Ashutosh Gowariker Year: 2001

Set a hundred years back in Indian history, this is the story of a handful of farmers in rural India who take on the mighty British in a cricket match. If they defeat them, they would be exempted from paying the life-threatening agricultural tax call Lagaan. Things come to such a pass as the monsoon rains fail for a second year running.