Aamir Khan rejected Lagaan twice. Tuesday Trivia tells you why

Aamir Khan’s Lagaan completes 20 years today. Did you know the actor rejected the film when director Ashutosh Gowariker narrated it to him, but eventually even produced it? Here’s the full story.

Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India is one of the most distinguishable films in Aamir Khan’s career and the classic changed the face of mainstream Hindi cinema. It challenged the decade-old feel-good formula of Bollywood and gave us a timeless classic. It’s been 20 years since Lagaan released and we revere it to this day. However, Aamir Khan wasn’t convinced such a film could work when director Ashutosh Gowariker approached him. In fact, he thought it was bizarre. So what made him have a change of heart, so much so that he even decide to make the film his maiden production? We tell you all about it in this week's Tuesday Trivia. Lagaan was a brilliant story of human triumph, which became India’s official entry to the Oscars in 2002. The film even received a nomination in the Best Foreign Language film at the Academy Awards. Even though Aamir Khan revealed that he was disappointed when Lagaan didn’t win, he regarded the audience’s love as his biggest award.