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#20YearsOfLagaan

20 years of 'Lagaan': It was only the 3rd Indian film to be nominated at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language category, after 'Mother India' & 'Salaam Bombay'. (1/4)
In 2002, 'Lagaan' was nominated under the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. (2/4)
However, back home, it won eight National Film Awards – Best Choreography, Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Music Direction, Best Playback Singer – Male, Best Audiography, Best Lyricist, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction! (3/4)
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June 15th will mark 20 years since the release of an iconic film - Lagaan.

A thread highlighting some interesting stories about a very very special movie. #20YearsOfLagaan
Lagaan was @AshGowariker’s third foray into direction after his earlier two movies – Pehla Nasha and Baazi.

Baazi is famous for the “Item number” by Aamir Khan.

Pehla Nasha had Aamir and SRK in the same movie with some cringe worthy puns -
After the box office failures of Baazi, @AshGowariker’s confidence in his own ability to direct a film had fallen.

His first 2 films were what was considered “safe” but backfired, so he wanted to do a completely different film.
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