Poster for the film 'Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India'

Poster for the Indian film 'Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India', 2001.

Lagaan' translated as Taxation, is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language epic sports film written & directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Aamir Khan. Aamir Khan features along with Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne.

The story revolves around a small village whose inhabitants, burdened by high taxes, find themselves in an extraordinary situation as an arrogant officer challenges them to a game of cricket as a wager to avoid the taxes. The narrative spins around this situation as the villagers face the arduous task of learning the alien game and playing for a result that will change their village's destiny.