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Bollywood: Lagaan Lagaan is a Bollywood epic set during the
British Raj in India. When the residents of a drought-stricken
small town cannot pay their taxes (lagaan) to the British, a
young man, Bhuvan, is offered a bet by the British Captain: if
they can win a cricket match against the British team, he will
cancel their taxes for three years. If they lose, they must pay
triple. Bhuvan, to the horror of his fellow villagers, accepts
the challenge- pointing out that without rain, the taxes would
ruin them any other way.  Bhuvan must then make a competent
cricket team out of a rag-tag group of villagers. In the
meantime, he catches the eye of the captain's good-natured
sister, Elizabeth.  A rare example of a sports story about
Cricket, and in 19th-century India at that.  Has nothing to do
with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, although one character is named
Guran.  This movie provides examples of:    • Accidental
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