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- : The best blockbuster summer movie you'll see this summer was made on a shoestring budget of a few million dollars, with absolutely no special effects. It was made on location in the rural village Bhuj in central India. I've been following Bollywood cinema for several years now, and I think that the recent film ''Lagaan'' is not only the best I've ever seen, but also the Indian film that'd be most accessible to a Western audience. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''Lagaan'' is an enormously entertaining movie, like nothing we've ever seen before, and yet completely familiar. Set in India in 1893, it combines sports with political intrigue, romance with evil scheming, musical numbers with low comedy and high drama, and is therefore soundly in the tradition of the entertainments produced by the Bombay film industry, ''Bollywood,'' which is the world's largest. more...
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3.5/
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splicedwire.com - : I have a new favorite musical -- and I'm not even a fan of the genre, per se.But you don't have to like musicals to love ''Lagaan.'' You don't have to know anything about cricket or Indian history to understand ''Lagaan.'' You just have to be willing to have a great time for four straight hours at the movies -- and that is no problem at ''Lagaan.'' more...
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4/4
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