To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of “Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India”, both the cast and crew of this time scale sports play have been coming to get a mutually unique.
The reunion titled “Chale Chalo Lagaan – Once Upon an Impossible Dream” will start streaming on Netflix India’s YouTube station, ” the streamer said in a release on Tuesday.
The picture had been directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and created by Aamir Khan.
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Even the actor-producer, that also headlined the picture, said that the team “broke our backs” while earning “Lagaan”, however, their hearts were filled with joy.
“’Lagaan’ has showered us all with so much love. I am so grateful to all my fellow travellers on this magical journey. Starting with Ashu and his team of writers, the entire cast and crew, all our partners, our distributors, my seniors from the film industry who lent their wholehearted support, the exhibition sector, and most importantly, our audience, I can’t thank all of you enough.
“‘Lagaan’ is something I am extremely grateful for and I will always cherish every memory of this ongoing journey. It is also so wonderful to see that the journey of ‘Lagaan’ continues, and I am really looking forward to reconnecting with the ‘Lagaan’ gang thanks to this initiative by Netflix,” that the actor-producer said in an statement.
“Lagaan” was nominated in the Best Foreign Language category at the 74th Academy Awards and also received widespread commercial and critical acclaim.
Gowariker said that it had been his first “ultimate dream” to make some thing will detract from your viewer’s mind and “Lagaan” made that potential.
“That it would be appreciated 20 years down the line is something that is unimaginable. It is overwhelming for me as well as the entire team of the film that this dream became a reality. ‘Lagaan’ is the story of people coming together and standing united against all odds. Today, through this special with Netflix, we gather here and celebrate what the people truly believed in, making it an immensely proud moment,” the director included.
Monika Shergill, VP, Content, Netflix India, ” said the streaming platform is eager to create the group “Lagaan” together.
“’Lagaan’ is one of the most iconic creations of Indian cinema. It is an epic tale that won hearts everywhere and showed the brilliance of Indian storytelling on the global stage. It’s an honour for Netflix to celebrate 20 years of ‘Lagaan’ with the incredible team behind this film. We’re excited that this powerful and inspirational story continues to entertain audiences around the world with Netflix,” Shergill added.
The movie starred Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajendra Gupta, Raghubir Yadav, Rajesh Vivek, Raj Zutshi, Pradeep Rawat, Akhilendra Mishra, Daya Shankar Pandey, Shrivallabh Vyas, Yashpal Sharma, Amin Hajee, Aditya Lakhia, Javed Khan, A-k Hangal, Amin Gazi and Others.