If the villagers lose, however, they will have to pay three times the amount of their normal taxes. Taking an instant dislike to Bhuvan, Russell offers to cancel the taxes of the whole province for three years if the villagers can beat his men in a game of cricket. Bhuvan mocks the game and gets into a fight with one of the British officers. It is after their visit to the Raja that the people of the village first witness a cricket match. He tells them that much to his regret, he is also bound by British law. Led by Bhuvan ( Aamir Khan), the villagers beg Raja Puran Singh ( Kulbhushan Kharbanda) to help them. Captain Andrew Russell ( Paul Blackthorne), the commanding officer of the Champaner cantonment, has imposed high taxes ("lagaan") on people from the local villages which they are unable to pay due to a prolonged drought. Lagaan takes place in the town of Champaner, now in the State of Gujarat, in western India during the height of the British Empire in India in 1893. In 2011, the film was listed in Time Magazine's special "The All-TIME 25 Best Sports Movies". In 2010, the film was ranked #55 in Empire magazines "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema". It was one of the biggest box office hits of 2001.
It also became the third Hindi-language film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film after Mother India (1957) and Salaam Bombay! (1988). The film received critical acclaim and awards at various international film festivals, as well as many Indian film awards. After accepting this wager, the villagers face the arduous task of learning an alien game and playing for a result that will change their village's destiny. If their village team beats a British team in a game of cricket, their taxes for three years would be cancelled. They attempt to persuade the British officers to reduce the taxes because of poor agricultural produce. The film is set in the Victorian period of India's colonial British Raj and revolves around the peasants from a barren village who are oppressed by high taxes imposed by their rulers. Made on a budget of 25 crore ( US$4.99 million), the film was shot in an ancient village near Bhuj, India. Aamir Khan, who was also the producer for the film, stars with Gracy Singh in the lead roles British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne play the supporting roles. Lagaan ( Hindi: लगान English: Land Tax) is a 2001 Bollywood film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
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