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Lagaan

2001 film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
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Summary

Lagaan is a film[1]. Lagaan ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,188 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Filmfare Award for Best Film[3], Zee Cine Award for Best Film[4]
  • Director: Ashutosh Gowariker[5]
  • Screenwriter: Ashutosh Gowariker[6], Kumar Dave[7], Sanjay Dayma[8], K. P. Saxena[9]
  • Composer: A. R. Rahman[10]
  • Genre: musical film[11], drama film[12], romance film[13]
  • Cast member: Aamir Khan[14], Gracy Singh[15], Rachel Shelley[16], Paul Blackthorne[17], Kulbhushan Kharbanda[18], Rajendra Gupta[19], Raghubir Yadav[20], Rajesh Vivek[21], Pradeep Rawat[22], Akhilendra Mishra[23], Daya Shankar Pandey[24], Shrivallabh Vyas[25], Yashpal Sharma[26], Aditya Lakhia[27]
  • Producer: Aamir Khan[28]
  • Production company: Aamir Khan Productions[29]
  • Director of photography: Anil Mehta[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Hindi[31], English[32]
  • Commons category: Lagaan[33]
  • Soundtrack release: Lagaan[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[36], 95%[37], 84/100[38]
  • Color: color[39]
  • Country of origin: India[40]
  • Publication date: January 1, 2001[41]
  • Sport: cricket[42]
  • Distributed by: Culver Max Entertainment[43]
  • Narrative location: India[44]
  • Official website: http://www.lagaan.com/[45]
  • Main subject: colonialism[46]
  • Described by source: 50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015[47], 25 Must See Bollywood Movies[48], Time Out The 100 best Bollywood movies[49], 70 Iconic Films of Indian Cinema[50]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[51], European Film Award for Best Non-European Film[52], International Submission to the Academy Awards[53]
  • Title: Lagaan[54]

Why It Matters

Lagaan has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Lagaan is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

FAQs

What awards did Lagaan receive?

Honors received include Filmfare Award for Best Film[3] and Zee Cine Award for Best Film[4].

Related Entities

Aamir Khan Amitabh Bachchan A. R. Rahman film Gracy Singh India

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved . bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [28] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W1234607
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W1234607, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 9d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 46
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'as', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    P14724 → 6022776
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 6022776, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/302067835|Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (#302067835)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/82"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 29474
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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 6776, 181751
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1893, Victorian era
    Described by source → 50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995-2015, 25 Must See Bollywood Movies, Time Out The 100 best Bollywood movies +1
    Publication date → +2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Ashutosh Gowariker, Kumar Dave, Sanjay Dayma +1
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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