20 Glorious Years Of Oscar-Worthy ‘Lagaan’

Daya Shankar Pandey who played the fast bowler Goli in Lagaan said that he practiced dance with choreographer Ganesh Hegde for 5 days for the song “Dharti ka raja hai tu”. “But both of us banged our heads. I did try, but I noticed in the rehearsals that I was pathetic. I just couldn’t manage it. Then I went to Aamir and Ashutosh with folded hands and requested them not to make me dance. I knew 20 years down the line, people will make fun seeing me dance with Aamir. Just to save my respect, I slowly retracted.”
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