# Talk:Lagaan

I have removed the statement alleging the ball bowled by Guran to effect a stumping was a no-ball. This is not the case as the batsman was outside the batting crease when the ball passed him, hence making the height of the ball a moot point.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.249.240.131 (talk) 20:28, 3 March 2008 (UTC) 

I know nothing about cricket but I saw Lagaan yesterday and then read this article today.  But as far as I can tall from reading about cricket rules today 
1. getting hit by a beamer is a no-ball 
2. knocking over the stumps with your person means you get dismissed UNLESS the bowler hits a no-ball
This would mean that Lakha should not have been dismissed doesn't it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.144.188.98 (talk) 09:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC) 

I'm pretty sure that Lakha, after being discovered to be a traitor, did not "score points" for the team. He took a diving one-handed catch, but, IIRC, he was (illegally) dismissed by a bean-ball which hit him in the head, causing him to fall unconscious onto his stumps (first ball) - meaning he didn't score any runs "points".Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:22, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Somehow the Yashpal Sharma links to a real Indian cricketer, born in the 1954. Unless they used lots of makeup and I am mistaken, the Yashpal Sharma who played Lakha is probably somebody else?Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:22, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Does anybody know why several libraries have this title listed as "Lagāna?" Is that how the Hindi transcribes? —Wiki Wikardo 05:56, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
Oh, also, I removed "Lagaan" along with "Dil Chahta Hai" released later that year had a considerable impact on the Indian audiences who were plain tired of the stale formulaic films of old—who’s to say how the entire Indian moviegoing populace felt at any given time? If someone wants to slumping post box office figures or whatever to illustrate, it’s all gravy.

For the first, yes that is a fairly common transliteration, the long a sound is given the ā to differentiate it from the schwa. See IAST even though that's specifically for Sanskrit, the convention is used for Indic languages in general. As for removing that statement, there's no reliable source backing it, so removing it was a good idea. - Taxman Talk 17:23, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone had turned the synopsis into a ball by ball account of the climactic cricket game. The result was not only long and confusing, but utterly boring. I cut the synopsis drastically and didn't say anything about the outcome of the game. The game is a glorious piece of film editing and shouldn't be ruined in advance. I loathe sports and have never seen a real cricket game, but that film had me glued to the screen, breathless with excitement. The synopsis should let people know enough to decide whether or not they want to see the movie, not replace the movie. Zora 03:07, 9 October 2006 
I don't understand the problem with spoiling the movie if it's under a spoiler tag. 132.216.19.203 21:14, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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I'm not disputing that Bhojpuri is used in Lagaan (this seems to be a well-sourced claim), but could anyone provide any specific examples? --Kuaichik 20:13, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

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Firstly, let me thank you, Van for taking out time in doing the GA review. Coming to the review:
The missing citation in the 'Screenings at film festivals' has been added
The first sentence of the 'Reviews' section does not end at the quotation. There are two more connected sentences and I've cited the source after these 3 sentences. - See citation # 40
Same is the case with the BBC review - See citation # 44
I hope, my understanding if placing the citations after all the sentences is correct. If not, I can add the same cite after the quotation, wherever appropriate.
Thanks again! Best regards, Mspraveen (talk) 05:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
What I was saying is that every direct quotation, even multiple ones from the same source like in the beginning of Reviews, needs to have an in-line citation immediately following the quotation marks. So if the passage goes: Derek Elley of Variety said "direct quote". He also said "direct quote". Then where I placed the fact tags is where citations go. I'll place {{fact}} tags in the article for places needing direct citations. I fixed the Variety quotes at the beginning of Reviews as an example of how it needs to be done. Thanks for your hard work so far, VanTucky 21:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Very well. This has been addressed in the article. Thanks for elucidating. If there appears anything unattended, please do point it out. With best regards, Mspraveen (talk) 04:04, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
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What is the relevance of Bhojpuri in the title of the film? Maquahuitl (talk) 17:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

It was one of the languages in which the dialogues were penned. You may please see this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mspraveen (talk • contribs) 07:53, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

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