Today, June 15, 2026, twenty-five years have been completed since the release of the film Lagaan. Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gowarikar are celebrating the silver jubilee of Lagaan with their team. Lagaan had created history in many ways twenty-five years ago. Apart from the general audience, many stalwarts from every field also saw this film and could not stop praising it. Lal Krishna Advani, who was then Union Minister, had also praised this film wholeheartedly. What Advani said about Aamir Khan and Lagaan was considered the biggest honor for that film. Aamir Khan was very happy to hear his praise from Advani.
This story is from before June 15, 2001. On this day the film was released in theaters for the general audience. But a few days before this, for the distinguished people in the capital Delhi rent A special premiere was held. Many eminent personalities from the world of politics, media, art, culture and cinema attended this premiere. It was a grand premiere. Lal Krishna Advani was also specially invited in this.
Advani was the Union Home Minister of the country
LK Advani’s love for cinema is a well-known fact. Advani was then the Union Home Minister of the country. Despite all his political commitments, Advani always took out time to watch his favorite films. Before joining active politics, he also used to write reviews and commentaries on films. This was the biggest reason for the special invitation sent to Advani for the grand premiere of Lagaan. Media coverage of Advani’s arrival premiere had increased even more. It seems that before this there was already tremendous publicity for Lagaan.
Aamir was overjoyed after hearing Advani’s words.
The show is over. It was the turn of media bite. Journalists surrounded LK Advani, Aamir Khan and Ashutosh Gwarikar. What Advani says about the film Lagaan was everyone’s curiosity. Journalists asked questions. Aamir and Ashutosh were there. Advani looked very serious while giving the byte. He said- “After a long time, I have seen a film which I liked very much.”
Along with this, he also praised Aamir Khan’s performance as an actor. He said, “He is a fan of Aamir Khan. Aamir is one of his favorite actors.” Aamir also looked emotional after hearing Advani praising himself in the byte given to the media in front of him.
Emphasis on characterization of every character
After this grand premiere, when the film Lagaan was released, the audience flocked to the cinema halls. There are many reasons for the popularity of Lagaan. It must be mentioned. But the impact of the Union Home Minister’s praise on the Premier also cannot be denied. After Sholay, Lagaan proved to be such a film which was seen and appreciated by the maximum audience of the country. Among those who praised were ordinary spectators and even big personalities. Apart from Ashutosh Gowarikar, Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, all the actors of the film were the subject of discussion. Attention was given to the characterization and getup of each character. This was not just a story of a protagonist hero.
From Lagaan to Dhurandhar, the mood of cinema has changed a lot in the last twenty-five years. Today people are being entertained with the horrific violence of Dhurandhar but the untouched aspect of Lagaan is that even after fighting with the British, guns or cannons do not roar here. There is war with cricket bats. Lagaan is an epic where there is no bloodshed, no massacre, no massacre. In the film, not only human life but also everyone’s feelings and thoughts have been given priority. There is war in sports.
Amitabh Bachchan narrated the story on screen
Amitabh Bachchan’s name was also associated with the film Lagaan. Big B became the architect of the film. His resonant voice in the background gave a different dignity to the film. When Amitabh used to say that “In the year 1893, Champaner, a small village situated in the middle of the country, the people of this village also used to do farming for their living, there was a British cantonment on the border of this village, here on the south side there was a king. The king used to collect the produce of the fields from the farmers of the village in the form of rent and the British used to take a part of that rent from these kings. In this way the British rule got stronger in the country. Had gone.” His voiceover gave a different seriousness to the film.
Aamir Khan said inspired by the new era
And in the same Champaner village, when the British ruler imposed a condition of three times the tax when the farmers lost in cricket, it seemed as if it was a matter of life and death for the villagers. At that time, cricket was a completely unknown game for Indians. But after a lot of hard work, Bhuvan’s team finally defeated the British.
But the interesting thing is that before the release of the film, the fact that there is cricket in Lagaan was very cleverly hidden. In no part of the promotion did people realize that this was a sports drama based on the epic. Which Aamir Khan had then said was inspired by Dilip Kumar’s famous film Naya Daur. However, Bimal Roy’s Bhavbhoomi of two bighas of land cannot be denied.
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