Originally posted by: amsjms
one question..........
is there still the 'lagaan' concept alive in india? if yes...how does it work these days?
Lagaan is a very big tax bojh for the kissaan. It is like a pest really, but without any pesticide to cure it. One good example of a person under Lagaan is Shankar Mahadevan - poor guy, he has the bhaari bharkam bojh of carrying his whole team to the final all by himself...
In the medley, the kissaans are all happy and cheerful to begin with. I think they were in a Republic Day parade, because Sonia Gandhi was also there (played by Neeti Mohan). But then suddenly Rahul realised that a random lagaan has been placed on him. Note that this lagaan only fell on him and nobody else...
Rahul wasn't ready to handle the bojh of the lagaan and tried to commit suicide. At this point, Javed Saab started crying and decided that he would give the poor kissaan team 10 points. Then Shankarji, who is used to sufering the lagaan bojh, did a bit of dhintakadhina to cheer everyone up. And then everyone was happy and went back to the Reublic Day performance, finishing off with Ghanana Ghana. In this song, even Sonia Gandhi ma'am, who usually just watches parades, joined in too!
And this is the story of how Shankarji managed to carry his team through another muqabla. He has such a big lagaan bojh on his back, but he is still carrying it... Hopefully in the final he will get his wish and unka lagaan chhoot jayega!
Hey bhaiyya chhoote lagaan!
Edited by xobile - 15 years ago