Lagaan (2001),

Set during the time of the British Raj, a small town, Champaner, is struggling to pay taxes due to a prolonged drought. Ignoring their plight, Russell, an arrogant and greedy British commander, challenges farmer Bhuvan (played by Aamir Khan) and his town to a cricket match

– a game the villagers know nothing about. The stakes? If the British Raj loses, the provinces taxes will be cancelled for three years, but they if they win, they will have to pay three times their current taxes.