Earth 1998  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Deepa Mehta
Cast: Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Rahul Khanna, Maia Sethna, Kitu Gidwani, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir Yadav, Eric Peterson, Gulshan Grover, Babby Singh, Kabir Chowdhury, Arif Zakaria, Lauren Walker, Cinia Jain, Navtej Singh Johar
Set in India during the divisive days of 1947's religious battle between India's Hindus and Pakistan's Muslims, the view of humanity at war is seen through the eyes of a crippled eight-year-old girl, Lenny (Maia Sethna). This story will increase your understanding of history and, perhaps, make you question man's inhumanity to man in the name of religion.
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India 2001  N/R, 225 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne, Suhasini Mulay, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Raghuvir Yadav, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh Vivek, Shri Vallabh Vyas
Drought and famine have been rough on the people in 19th-century rural India. The lagaan (land tax) imposed by the oppressive British will further devastate the people, so a delegation is sent to ask for relief from the tax. The derisive British will do so under one condition: win a cricket match. This will be tough, since the sport is foreign to the native people, but the challenge is accepted despite the fact that the tax will be tripled if the British win. A fun film with good Indian music and it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign-Language film.
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The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey 2005 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ketan Mehta
Cast: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Toby Stephens, Amisha Patel, Kiron Kher, Coral Beed, Mona Ambegaonkar, Alyssa Fountoutalis, Simon Chandler, Ben Nealon
Mangal Pandey (Aamir Khan) serves as a sepoy (an infantryman) for the British East India Company in the 1850s–at a time when that company controlled much of India. After Mangal saves the life of British Captain William Gordon (Toby Stephens), the two become friends, which is unusual in an era when the British looked down on their Indian counterparts. As time goes on, prejudice erupts into rebellion with Mangal leading the Indian people in a mutiny. Based on a true story.
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| 1. Earth (1998)
2. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
3. The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
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