Producer: Aamir Khan 
Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar 
Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Raghuvir Yadav
Music: A.R. Rahman 

‘Lagaan’ is the story of unusual circumstances thrust upon ordinary people. A tale of grit and determination to fight against the injustice and oppression. It tells the story of a village where it has not rained since a year. Since the villagers depend on the rain for their crops, they are unable to pay the ruler their annual lagaan (tax). But they are even more shocked when dugna lagaan (two taxes) are levied on them.
 
Bhuvan (Aamir Khan) is a young farmer who takes up the challenge of saving his village by accepting an offer (Cricket, which is India’s passion) which forms the crux of the story. He is helped by Elizabeth (Rachel Shelley), Captain Russell’s sister. She is in love with Bhuvan and goes all out to help the villagers, despite her brother’s opposition. Gauri (Gracy Singh) is a perky village damsel who loves Bhuvan and believes in him. Bhuvan takes on the impossible challenge of defeating the British in a game of cricket, which is Captain Russell's alternative to the villagers paying tax. The deal is that if the villagers defeat the British, they will be pardoned lagaan for three consecutive years, but if they lose, they have to pay up three times the lagaan during the same year. Assisted by his villagers, Bhuvan forms a team of eleven with hopes and dreams to win this cricket game, which is a do-or-die situation.