Techna Tara

Last Sunday, I enjoyed a movie name Lagaan. “Lagaan” is a movie about the condition of adverse fortune and injustice perpetrated by the British upon the innocent peasants who face these unusual circumstances with strength and dignity. Lagaan directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, Starring: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley.

Summarizing tale of lagaan:

Captain Andrew Russell (Paul Blackthorne), the commanding officer of a British cantonment, oppresses the people of Champaner with high taxes (lagaan). The local ruler, Rajah Pooran Singh (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), asks that taxes be lowered to ease the suffering of the drought-stricken villagers. Captain Russell humiliates the Rajah by asking him to eat meat if he wishes the taxes to be lowered. The Rajah, a vegetarian by religion, says that he must keep the rules of his religion and his caste; he cannot eat meat. Captain Russell then doubles the taxes.

The peasants, who are already suffering from a prolonged drought, are devastated by this news. The monsoon is late; they will be unable to pay regular taxes, much less double taxes. They beg the Rajah to help them, but he says he cannot persuade the British to mercy.

The villagers, returning from their fruitless audience with the rajah, stop to watch the British officers playing cricket. Bhuvan gets into a fight with a British officer who behaves badly with one of the villagers. In the process, he also mocks the game, calling it “easy” and not much different from gilli-danda, a local game that is mostly played by children.

Captain Russell notices them and sees the young, impetuous Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), who has previously angered him by interfering during his game hunting expeditions and shooing off the wildlife so that they would not be shot. The captain offers to cancel the taxes of the whole province for three years if the villagers can beat his men at cricket. If they lose, they will owe triple tax. To the horror of the other villagers, Bhuvan accepts this wager on their behalf. Later, he explains that as they can pay neither double nor triple taxes, they should grab the chance for a tax remission.

After watching this movie I became a fan of Aamir Khan, his performance was amazing. All songs of this movie are very nice but I like two most.