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''Lagaan'' is a [[Bollywood]] epic set during the [[The Raj|British Raj]] in India. When the residents of a drought-stricken small town cannot pay their taxes (''lagaan'') to the British, a young man, Bhuvan, is offered a bet by the British [[The Captain|Captain]]: if they can win a cricket match against the British team, he will cancel their taxes for three years. If they lose, they must pay triple. Bhuvan, to the horror of his fellow villagers, [[Take a Third Option|accepts the challenge]]- pointing out that without rain, the taxes would ruin them any other way.

''Lagaan'' is a [[Bollywood]] epic set during the [[The Raj|British Raj]] in India. When the residents of a drought-stricken small town cannot pay their taxes (''lagaan'') to the British, a young man, Bhuvan ([[Aamir Khan]]), is offered a bet by the British [[The Captain|Captain]]: if they can win a cricket match against the British team, he will cancel their taxes for three years. If they lose, they must pay triple. Bhuvan, to the horror of his fellow villagers, [[Take a Third Option|accepts the challenge]]- pointing out that without rain, the taxes would ruin them any other way.

Bhuvan must then make a competent cricket team out of a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|rag-tag group of villagers.]] In the meantime, he catches the eye of the captain's good-natured sister, Elizabeth.