Rask,
A longish time ago you asked me for some recommendations for Bollywood movies. I finally have one I stand behind - it's for the blockbuster of the past year, a very enjoyable flick called 'Lagaan'.
It's made with superior production values, but is unabashedly Bollywood anyhow, with stock characters, stock scenes, and much singing and dancing.
The plot follows a band of villagers sometime in the nineteenth century who get challenged for a cricket match by the local (sinister) English cantonement, with the entire taxes of the province riding on the result. You have it all, Rask, the brave band of villagers include the youthful hero (who naturally has a widowed mother), you have the half-mad seer, you have the doughty Sikh and the righteous Muslim and even the downtrodden untouchable and the mute temple-boy. These all come together for the match, which ends in a mighty triple flourish of a clouted six, the advent of the monsoons and the unification of the fated couple.
Capital entertainment, Rask. Lagaan. You can get it with subtitles, without a doubt.
