And the best Ashutosh Gowarikar movie. Yes Lagaan went places, both box office and awards wise but half of the film was a cricket match which has endless possibilities to display. This movie was the most difficult with plain storytelling, performances to captivate for 3 long hours. Great photography, sync sound tech, locales and AR rahman's beautiful music as well as background score just raise this movie over others. I have seen this multiple times and it still moves me. The water drinking scene is the most impactful and have yet to see another scene like that.

Forget DDLJ, and other yashraj and johar films, this is the film which defines SRK and his acting! His acting gets elevated due in part by superior direction by Gowarikar and excellent acting from the supporting cast! SRK- Gayatri chemistry is subtle yet mesmerizing! Kishori Ballal is top notch!

Great job Ashutosh Gowarikar!