Now, watch Lagaan - the epic Bollywood movie on Subcommune, a newly
launched smartphone app that plays videos with English subtitles. The app
also comes up with an advanced video bookmarking feature, which lets you save all your favorite moments in the movie.
Lagaan is one of the few Oscar nominated
Bollywood movies that you can’t afford to miss.
It is a well-crafted movie, with a strong storyline, exceptional
performances, good music and unmatched grandeur and opulence.
The plot is set during the British Raj,
in a village in western India. The village has been suffering a drought and the
British rulers have been oppressing the peasants. High taxes have been imposed
on them, which they cannot pay. So they endeavor to persuade the officers to
reduce the tax. However, not only do the British not pay heed to their pleas,
they also insult and abuse them as well as the local Maharaja.
At this juncture, Bhuvan (played
brilliantly by Aamir Khan), a leader of sorts among the villagers, confronts
the local British commander. The outraged and arrogant commander offers him a
wager – the villagers would be relieved of paying three years’ worth of taxes
if they beat the British team in a game of cricket. However, they have to pay
three times the usual tax if they can’t!
It is a tough choice, but Bhuvan insists
that since the villagers cannot pay the tax anyway, they have nothing to lose.
He takes up the challenge of beating the British at their own game. Now he must
prove to his people that his decision is sound, and then build, coach and train
a team to play a game they have never played.
He has his share of enemies and
ill-wishers within the ranks, and he must work to end petty feuds and unite his
people. It is a Herculean task. Will he be able to make it?
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