I recommend Lagaan. It is a Bollywood movie with a difference. I sat down to watch it after the trauma of voting in the European elections. At the start I did not know whether I would last the course ...

25 years ago, Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker delivered a film that brought Indian cinema recognition on a global stage. That film was the sports drama Lagaan. It was not merely a movie, but an ...

The film, which completes 25 years in June this year, was screened on the first day of the 2026 edition of the festival.

Ashutosh Gowariker’s period sports drama Lagaan recently completed 25 years since its release in 2001 and continues to be regarded as one of the most iconic films in Indian cinema. Speaking at a ...