![]() ![]() Leading the villagers is a handsome young man named Bhuvan, who challenges them to a game of cricket, a game that is to be played by veteran British cricket players, versus villagers, including Bhuvan himself, who have never played this game before, and do not even know a bat from a piece of wood. They are already taxed to the bone by the British and their cronies, but when Jack Russell announces that he will double the Lagaan (tax) from all villagers, they decide to oppose it. This is the story about the resilience shown by the Indians when they were under the British Rule. The people of a small village in Victorian India stake their future on a game of cricket against their ruthless British rulers.
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