Aamir Khan hosts team reunion as Lagaan turns 21
Lagaan, an Oscar-nominated film of Aamir Khan, just celebrated its 21st anniversary, and the cast and crew got together to celebrate. A video of the get-together was uploaded on social media by Aamir Khan’s production business.
The video shows Yashpal Sharma, Akhilendra Mishra, Raj Zutshi, Shankar Pandey, Raja Awasthi, Suhasini Mulay, Pradeep Ram Singh Rawat, and Amin Gazi at an intimate party that the actor hosted for filmmaker Ashutosh Gowarikar and actors Yashpal Sharma, Akhilendra Mishra, Raj Zutshi, Shankar Pandey, Raja Awasthi, Suhasini Mulay Irfan Pathan and Aakash Chopra, both former Indian cricketers, attended the celebrations.
“#21YearsOfLagaan,” Aamir Khan Productions captioned a video from the party on Instagram. ” Irfan commented on the video, “What a lovely evening.” A fan wrote, “so adorable.” Another wrote, “what a wonderful idea to meet after years, what fun it has been…” One more said, “What a spectacular reunion!!!”, another wished Aamir’s upcoming film become a hit like this too, they wrote, “Hope one day we celebrate 21 years of #lalsinghchaddha like this ❤️.”
“Thank you for all the love for the last 21 years! The journey of Aamir Khan Productions started with #Lagaan, and the film continues to be a part of our journey! Sach aur saahas hai jiske mann mein, ant mein jeet usi ki rahein…” the production house remarked in another video.
Lagaan was Aamir’s breakout film, earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. When the film celebrated its twentieth-anniversary last year, Aamir praised Ashutosh Gowarikar for allowing him to be a part of it.
“Firstly, I want to thank Ashutosh (Gowariker), the entire cast and crew, and the partners as well as the entire exhibitor sector for their support. I also want to extend my thanks to the seniors of the film industry who stood behind the project and showered so much praise on it,” he added.
Aamir is looking forward to the release of his upcoming film, Laal Singh Chaddha, in which he co-stars Kareena Kapoor in. The film is an official Indian remake of Forrest Gump, starring Tom Hanks.
