Lagaan | 100 Movies Bucket List

Of all the movies I watched for the bucket list, this one was without a doubt the hardest to track down. Thankfully I managed to find it but it was looking impossible for a while!

I ended up watching a version that didn't include the musical numbers, so I had to listen to the soundtrack separately, which felt really weird. But at the same time, I don't feel like anything was missing from the story by not having the songs in it.

I'd never heard of the film before, but an almost 4-hour long movie about cricket wasn't exactly enticing.

Thankfully the film is a lot more interesting than it sounds! There's a lot of underlying themes, and even when the scenes are about cricket, the game isn't really the most important thing.

It was really fun spending time with these characters and seeing them interact.

The one thing I didn't expect from this film was for it to be so uplifting. Even though it's not entirely sunshine and rainbows, you fall into step with this group of characters and begin to root for them. And when they celebrate their wins, the audience is celebrating too.

This probably won't be a movie for everyone, but I went in with slight negative judgements and ended up having a great time with it!