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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #317
- IMDb #243
- Google retired #119
- Rotten Tomatoes #220
- Metacritic #389
- Letterboxd #739
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #426
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #365
- Metacritic Critics #463
- Metacritic Audience #546
- Kinopoisk #2888
- AlloCiné #1956
- Trakt #699
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 69, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a drought-stricken Indian village under British rule, the cruel captain imposes an oppressive tax. A brave young villager challenges the officers to a game of cricket: if the villagers win, the tax is canceled for three years; if they lose, they must pay triple the tax. The villagers must learn the alien game to save themselves.
Details
- Director
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Writers
- Ashutosh Gowariker, Kumar Dave, Sanjay Dayma
- Released
- 15 June 2001
- Country
- India
- Language
- Hindi, English
- Runtime
- 224 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $5.2M
- Box office
- $8.1M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| 74th Academy Awards 2002 | Best International Feature Film | Nominee | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2002 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | India | Nominee |
| Filmfare Award 2002 | Best Film | Winner | |
| Zee Cine Award 2002 | Best Film | Winner | |
| 14th European Film Awards 2001 | Best Non-European Film | Ashutosh Gowariker | Nominee |
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5 awards — Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
×| Best International Feature Film | Nominee |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | India | Nominee |
| Best Film | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
| Best Non-European Film | Ashutosh Gowariker | Nominee |