Actor · Producer · 1965

Aamir Khan

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13:00: average
39 min: in total

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Rang De Basanti

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra · 2006

Rang De Basanti (2006) follows five Delhi students drawn into a British filmmaker’s documentary about 1920s Indian revolutionaries. As they rehearse acts of defiance, real-world corruption forces them to confront their own passivity. Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, with cinematography by Binod Pradhan and music by A. R. Rahman, it blends contemporary realism with historical re-enactment to ask what civic courage costs today. Though its climax strains credibility, its emotional logic and ensemble performances sustain its 157-minute runtime.

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3 Idiots

Rajkumar Hirani · 2009

3 Idiots (2009) is a 164-minute Hindi-language comedy-drama directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Starring Aamir Khan, R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi as engineering students navigating pressure, friendship and self-definition, it uses parallel timelines to contrast institutional conformity with individual integrity. Adapted loosely from Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone, it balances satire with sentiment, favouring emotional clarity over formal experiment. It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film and became a landmark commercial and cultural success across Asia.

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Lagaan

Ashutosh Gowariker · 2001

A 2001 Hindi-language epic set in 1893 colonial India, where villagers challenged to a cricket match against British officers wager their land tax. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and starring Aamir Khan, it blends musical form with historical allegory, foregrounding collective discipline over individual heroism. Shot over months in Gujarat’s Kutch district, its 224-minute runtime sustains drought, training, and match with patient craft — Anil Mehta’s cinematography, A. R. Rahman’s score, Bhanu Athaiya’s costumes. Critically acclaimed, it was India’s third Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.