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Lagaan Lagāna : once upon a time in India
Title
Lagaan [videorecording] = Lagāna : once upon a time in India / Jhamu Sughand presents Aamir Khan Productions ; producer, Aamir Khan ; story, Ashutosh Gowariker ; screenplay writers, Ashutosh Gowariker, Kumar Dave, Sanjay Dayma ; written & directed, Ashutosh Gowariker.
Published
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002], c2001.
Physical Description
2 videocassettes (225 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.
Director of photography, Anil Mehta ; editor, Ballu Saljua ; music, A.R. Rahman ; costume designer, Bhanu Athaiya ; production designer, Nitin Chandrakant Desai ; choreographers, Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant, Ganesh Hegde, Terence Lewis.
Hindi and English dialogue, English subtitles.
Screen Weekly Awards: 2002, Screen - Best Art Direction (Nitin Desai); Best Cinematography (Anil Mehta); Best Director (Ashutosh Gowariker); Best Editing (Ballu Saluja); Best Film; Best Playback Singer - Female (Asha Bhosle); Best Screenplay (Sanjay Dayma, Ashutosh Gowariker, Dave, Kumar); Most Promising Female Newcomer (Gracy Singh)
Summary
Set in Queen Victoria's India, this is a story about a battle without bloodshed fought by a group of unlikely hereos. Will a game of cricket stop three years of lagaan (tax) for the Indian people?
Variant and related titles
Once upon a time in India
Also known as: Land tax
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Hindi
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2002
Credits
Director of photography, Anil Mehta ; editor, Ballu Saljua ; music, A.R. Rahman ; costume designer, Bhanu Athaiya ; production designer, Nitin Chandrakant Desai ; choreographers, Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Vaibhavi Merchant, Ganesh Hegde, Terence Lewis.
Cast
Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuveer Yadav, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh Vivek.
System details note
VHS, stereo., Hi-fi., Dolby surround.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
07929 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Subjects
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Aamir Khan Productions (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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