Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)

In the town of Champaner in Central India, Bhuvan, a farmer, hastily assembles eleven players to form a cricket team before the season commences. His unorthodox recruitment process soon puts together a ragtag team, with the commanding officer’s sister as their coach who teaches them the game rules. Their hope is to beat the British team in order to avoid paying the high taxes (lagaan) levied on them. But before the first ball’s bowl, suspicion and sabotage threaten to unravel Bhuvan’s team.