Ashutosh Gowariker

The movie is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker who had directed Lagaan also.

by Ashutosh Gowarikar

Directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar, Lagaan told the story of the drought-stricken villagers of Champaner trying to fight the oppressive tax regime of the Britishers through a game of cricket.

by Ashutosh Gowariker, Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh

Lagaan is written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, Aamir Khan and Gracy Singh

Gowariker

In 2001, Gowariker wrote and directed de period epic movie Lagaan, produced by and starring Aamir Khan, uh-hah-hah-hah.

Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan has tackled British rule over Colonial India in the Oscar nominated Lagaan: Once upon a time in India and primary education of children with learning disabilities in Taare Zameen Par (Every Child Is Special) in which Aamir Khan starred and directed.

Ashutosh

Ashutosh has also directed films like Lagaan and Jodhaa Akhbar.

from Ashutosh Gowarikar?s

The heroism and the crucial crux of the film where the white man (villain) challenges the local (hero) into a wrestling bout with price money being the land where the locals work, seems to be inspired from Ashutosh Gowarikar?s all time great Lagaan.

in Ashutosh (Gowarikar)

Ashutosh Gowarikar – director of Lagaan(nominated for Oscars, has bagged 5 filmfare, 7 international awards)

A. Ashutosh Gowrikar

A. Ashutosh Gowrikar was the Director of Lagaan (2001) .

Meera Jasmine

Meera Jasmine is known for directing the films Lagaan (2001), Swades (2004), Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

Rang De Basanti

Rang De Basanti made Lagaan's directorial debut with Taare Zameen Par (2007), a major success that garnered Lagaan the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

The movie was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Pawan Kumar

The original hindi version is written by Ved Raj,Gautam Hegde and Jyoti Tandon and directed by Pawan Kumar.

as Aamir Khan Productions's first film, when all the production houses had rejected the script and Aamir decided to back the script

Aamir Khan Productions was set up in 1999 with Lagaan as Aamir Khan Productions's first film, when all the production houses had rejected the script and Aamir decided to back the script .

Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia

The Indian version has been adapted by Sridhar Raghavan and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vishal Furia.

Lakshman

The original in Tamil was directed by Lakshman and was produced jointly by Prabhu Dheva and K. Ganesh.

Srikantan

The film's director Srikantan was a graduate of Balu Mahendra's film institute "Cinema Pattarai".

Dadasaheb Phalke

The film was written and directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, who is known as the "father of Indian cinema".

Vijay Anand

Released under Navketan banner in 1965, the film’s Hindi version was directed by Vijay Anand while the English one by an American television director, Tad Danielewski.

S. S. Vasan

The film was directed by S. S. Vasan with Ganesan, Vyjayanthimala and Padmini in the lead.