Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India Review |
by Louis Proyect |
If you mix together Bollywood, Tsui Hark's fiercely anti-colonial
"Once Upon a Time in China," Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" and C.L.R.
James's writings on cricket, you might end up with something like
"Lagaan". After having opened in NYC's Film Forum...more |
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India Review |
by Athan Bezaitis (Rating: 4/5) |
Welcome to Bollywood, where every film ever produced is a musical. If you’re
frightened by the thought, rest assured that with a population of 1.2 billion
people backing a film industry that has been remarkably successful, it is no
wonder Indian...more |
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India Review |
by Harvey S. Karten |
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Writer: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul
Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir
Yadav, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh...more |