Aamir Khan's 'Lagaan' had maximum number of British actors in a Hindi movie; Read trivia

Aamir Khan's 2001 film Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India created history by paving its way to Oscars. Helmed by director Ashutosh Gowariker, Lagaan's story was based in pre-Independence India wherein Britishers lose a cricket match opposite some Indian villrs and forgo tax on m.

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Lagaan was made at a whopping budget of Rs 25 crores. This film t only featured Indian actors but it also had many British actors playing pivotal roles. re's some interesting trivia attached to Lagaan, which is truly unmissable. Let's take a look. 

Aamir Khan starrer Lagaan's trivia:

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1. Many British actors played important roles in film like Rachel Shelley as Elizabeth and Paul Blackthorne as Captain Russel, amid ors. se English actors took training of over 6 months to perfect ir Hindi dialogues in movie. y did so with help of a Hindi tutor who gave m Hindi lessons in London.

2. This Aamir Khan movie had maximum number of British actors ever cast in a Hindi movie. 

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3. Prior to Aamir Khan, superstar Shah Rukh Khan was offered Lagaan. But due to reasons related to film's production, he did t take it up. That's when Aamir Khan t only did role as a lead actor but also backed Lagaan as a producer. 

4. It is a riveting Lagaan trivia that Aamir Khan actually got his ears pierced for his role as Bhuvan. He used his first wife Reena's earrings back n in movie.

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5. Lagaan was shot in Bhuj, Gujarat. As re was a lack of decent hotel accommodation, production of film took an entire multi-storey building on rent and stayed in different apartments over months. 

6. Over 10,000 villrs from nearby vills in Bhuj were called for final match scene, where Indian villrs beat British in a nail-biting cricket match. 

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