Rachel Shelley<\/a> and Paul Blackthorne in key roles. Set against the backdrop of the late Victorian era of British colonial rule in India in 1893, the film tells the gripping story of the people of a small village in Central India. Struggling under heavy taxes and years of drought, the villagers find themselves in a difficult situation when an arrogant British Indian Army officer challenges them to a game of cricket, with the wager being that a victory would spare them from paying the taxes they owe.<\/p>\n‘Lagaan’ clashed with ‘Gadar’ at box office and remains the last Indian film to be nominated for Oscar<\/p>\n
Aamir Khan\u2019s film released on the same day as \u2018Gadar: Ek Prem Katha\u2019 in 2001, and the two films had a big box office clash. But \u2018Lagaan\u2019 still managed to do very well and is considered one of the greatest Indian films ever made. The film also made India proud when it got nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Only two other Indian films had received this nomination before: \u2018Mother India\u2019 and \u2018Salaam Bombay!\u2019. Even today, as of 2025, \u2018Lagaan\u2019 remains the last Indian film to have been nominated for this award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As ‘Lagaan’ completes 25 years and re-releases in theatres, Ira Khan expressed pride in her mother and producer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,81509,72753,39089,409,111,139,69,240255,31845,39087],"class_list":["post-476952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-gauri","tag-ira-khan","tag-junaid-khan","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-r-kiran","tag-rachel-shelley","tag-reena-dutta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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As ‘Lagaan’ completes 25 years and re-releases in theatres, Ira Khan expressed pride in her mother and producer Reena Dutta, saying ‘My mamma made a beautiful film’. Released in 2001, ‘Lagaan’ remains the last Indian film to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, after ‘Mother India’ and ‘Salaam Bombay!’. As the iconic film \u2018Lagaan\u2019 completes 25 glorious years in Hindi cinema and returns to theatres with a re-release, Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan took a moment to celebrate and express her immense pride in her mother, Reena Dutta, who produced the beloved classic.<\/p>\n