Lagaan

i think that probably means taxes or something, in hindi or tamil. correct me if i am wrong.

also, this was the title of the indian movie i saw last night on channel i. i tell you, it was a really good movie, thanks to the subtitles. the singing and dancing was there too and they were mightily impressive. but on the whole the story was good and the characters were pretty funny. the storyline was basically about a wager between the british army and a village. they were to play a cricket match and if the army won, the villagers would have to pay triple lagaan. if the villagers won, they would not have to pay lagaan for 3 years.

the catch was that the villagers did not know a thing about cricket at all. so thus the lead character went around looking for players and then training them up. mix in a little love triangle between the lead and 2 ladies, 1 indian and 1 british and another of betrayal and forgiveness.... a real potent brew of a good movie.
well, i know that i liked it and it was well worth staying up till 1 am to finish it.