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Central India 1893, and the villagers of Champaner have just been informed by the local British commander that the enforced tax (Lagaan) is to be doubled. One young man stands up to colonial authority, pleading that any increase will cripple the community, and the nasty Brit in charge gives him one option, win a game of cricket, which the Indians have never before played, against the colonials and the tax will be scrapped, lose, and it will be tripled. Will the village cripple, the last man in, find out more...

A young lad, Jamal, from the slums of Mumbai gets to play as a contestant on the Indian version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and, much to the increasing horror of the organisers, looks likely to win the grand prize, there's only one answer: arrest him and find out how he's cheating. It is while under interrogation that we discover how all the trials and tribulations of the young man's life have contributed to his knowledge and the real reason why he entered the game show. 'Slumdog Million find out more...