Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

Holding the third rank in the list of the best Indian movies nominated for the Academy Award - an Indian film with a name "Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India". Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India is an epic musical sports film in Hindi of India by Ashutosh Gowariker wrote and directed. The film was set in 1893, during the colonial period of the British Raj of India at the end of the Victorian period of India. The plot revolves around a small town in central India, where residents bear heavy taxes and years of drought, find themselves in an unusually difficult situation when an arrogant British Indian Army commander let them play a game of cricket as a bet to get rid of paying the taxes they pay.

The plot revolves around this situation, in which the villagers must learn a new game and play to win a prize that will decide the fate of their village. Lagaan is considered one of the most popular Indian films ever to be nominated for an Oscar. This sci-fi drama has long been a favorite of Indian audiences, receiving praise from critics and financiers alike. The playmaker Aamir Khan follows a small group of villagers competing in a cricket tournament against English authorities in protest at the recently imposed land tax. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.