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Lagaan

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Movie Review : Lagaan

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School The movie entitled Lagaan ' is a depiction of ancient Indian society Indian is full of dignity in this story . The director and the writer wanted to convey in their film the meaning and essence of Indian culture . Despite of all the odds , circumstances , and failures that they experienced within their environment and in the hands of the colonizers they strive hard to be the best at anything . Playing cricket is one of the most significant occurrences that

they wanted to share as a way of showing their culture and tradition . Bhuvan as the main character in the story became the leader of everyone in their community . They accepted the challenge of the British captain and convicted to gain their dignity and pride

The story showed the narrative of Indian life during the colonial period . It represents the social , psychological , political , and economic life of Indians where culture surrounds all of it . The director wanted to share his thoughts on the issues that Indians always experience all throughout their lives . However , Indian culture and society has no fear of everything whether things go wrong or right within them . This is what the director and the writer wanted to impose in their story . They wanted their audience to understand the meaning of India not as a country in defeat and weaknesses but also with pride and strength to face anything

At the end of the story , the director leaves its audience the imagination of overcoming the circumstances in the community . There is a question in the end of the movie - will Bhuvan and his team win from the captain ? There is one big conflict at the end of it - one of Bhuvan 's team was paid to lose the game . It shows that the resolution of the story lies within the audience . It depends on what they wanted at the end whether to win the Indians or losing their dignity and pride towards the colonizers

Reference

Ashutosh Gowariker . Lagaan . 2002

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