Lagaan
2001 filmWikipedia
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Search complete. 12 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Lagaan".
Oct 2, 2026
Emily St. JamesHOST
Yeah.
Phil IscoveHOST
Elling from Norway, Lagaan from India, and Son of the Bride from Argentini- Argentina.
Phil IscoveHOST
Um, I'm not familiar with the, with the last three films unfortunately.
Phil IscoveHOST
But I, I, I guess I, I'm a little surprised this didn't get in there, but maybe it just, uh, you know.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Like, the fact that, you know, since 2008, he really... his work has not been honored i- in a major studio way the way I think it should.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
But if you look at Lagaan, I mean, I...
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Lagaan, Roja, Slumdog Millionaire, I mean, just it goes on and on and on.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
He did our finale dance in Tamil.
Hasan MinhajGUEST
Our lead is Tamil Sri Lankan.
Karan MirchandaniHOST
Like, I know, look, I get it.
Karan MirchandaniHOST
Lagaan is iconic.
Karan MirchandaniHOST
Fair enough.
Karan MirchandaniHOST
But for me... where are you going with this they do the like India Pakistan tensions like how you know there's clear racism towards all these characters John Abraham's character doesn't get selected for a club because he is not white and John looked really hot in this movie he looked unbelievable his nose keeps breaking in this I don't know what that's about but Vipasha is great in this contrary to Raul's opinion again Vipasha she's everywhere she was
Karan MirchandaniHOST
There's no in-between.
Karan MirchandaniHOST
He's
Shreemi VermaHOST
stuck to his bit, right? Lagaan was three and a half hours.
Shreemi VermaHOST
Mohenjo-Taro was very long.
speaker_9GUEST
The wrestling one.
speaker_9GUEST
And another Aamir one, Lagaan.
speaker_9GUEST
I mean, it's such a classic.
speaker_9GUEST
And Dil Chahata Hai, another Aamir one.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
And it was fascinating.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
Aamir had just finished shooting Lagaan.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
And Lagaan had the whole first AD, second AD culture.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
So Dil Chahta Hai ended up having what we now know as the three rock stars of Indian cinema.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
It had Farhan Akhtar as a director, Zoya as the first AD, and Reema Kakti as the second AD.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
And I was just busy making sure because, you know, some of the richest people in Sydney lived in the toaster building.
Dilpreet TaggarHOST
Yeah.
Anupam SharmaGUEST
And most of them didn't know Aamir or about the film because, you know, Lagaan hadn't come out because Lagaan really took him internationally.
speaker_5GUEST
The wrestling one.
speaker_5GUEST
And another Aamir one, Lagaan.
speaker_5GUEST
I mean, it's such a classic.
speaker_5GUEST
And Dil Chahata Hai, another Aamir one.
Asim BerniHOST
right? They sold out their people, basically.
Asim BerniHOST
They were collecting Lagaan.
SujoyHOST
It's very much
Asim BerniHOST
that.
Hasan MinhajHOST
Like, not to get all Nat Geo with you guys, but in a country of 1.5 billion people, but in a country of 1.5 billion people with 22 recognized languages, most Indians could hum an A.R. Rahman song.
Hasan MinhajHOST
And I am not just talking about the chart-toppers from Rockstar or Lagaan or Bombay.
Hasan MinhajHOST
I am talking about the ringtone for Airtel.
Hasan MinhajHOST
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