Bollywood Bad News Bears

Or perhaps "Hoosiers in Hindi."
Last night I stayed up late to watch "Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India."
What a marvelous film!
Villagers in Victorian India face a desperate choice: Create a makeshift cricket team and defeat the side of the local British garrison or face paying a tax on their drought-depleted crops that would surely lead to starvation.
Aamir Khan stars as Bhuvan, the villager who leads the village team, teaching them the game and showing them how to justly stand up against tyranny.
"This is not a game we are playing for fun and entertainment," Bhuvan tells the villagers when they are reluctant to let a spin-bowling "Untouchable" join the team. "This is a fight we must win."
Unless there is some hidden gem about Notts versus Hants out there somewhere that I don't know about, I would say "Lagaan" is easily the GREATEST FILM ABOUT CRICKET EVER.
By the film's conclusion, as the smug Brits take wicket after wicket and the villagers' chances appear slimmer and slimmer, the viewer can't help feeling that cricket is the most exciting sport in the world.