Chale Chalo: The Lunacy of Film Making (2003) User Reviews

Made me relive the movie again.

[darshan-93163 · 9/10 · 19 October 2018]

This is an excellent documentary about the struggle and planning that making a movie like Lagaan demands, something that can translate into our lives with our ambitions and goals. It very excellently potrays what honest intentions and intense & dedicated work can result into, yet it manages to leaves you feeling humbled by one's achievements. Excellent work and a fitting complement to the movie and it's experience.

Engaging and Inspiring Behind-The-Scenes documentary.

[Amyth47 · 8/10 · 14 August 2020]

My Rating : 8/10

Wonderfully put-together by Satyajit Bhatkal (Aamir Khan's friend) who captures the spirit of one of the most unconventional Bollywood movies ever made.

I enjoyed this documentary just as much as the film - it's a journey and has the passionate genius of Ashutosh Gowariker with the pragmatic and calm approach of Aamir Khan - together it's magic!

A must-watch for Bollywood cinephiles, a work of intense love and dedication.

Must watch.

[Oorun6 · 9/10 · 7 June 2019]

I enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed the film. The challenges of making a brilliant movie is beautifully depicted. There are many good things about this. I have not given 9/10 liberally. So that sums up whatever I am trying to express. This making reinforced my belief that the Indian film industry is awesome. Thank you for making the making of Lagaan.

A journey of human evolution and unity

[psaxen · 10/10 · 2 January 2022]

I have always loved Lagaan as a movie but after watching this documentary, you can't help but see and appreciate the efforts the team goes through to make a piece of cinema possible. The kind of impact cinema has on viewers is well known but this is perhaps the first time where you see impact on the artists and technical crew behind the screen. While it's easier to critic and comment on a movie. Cinema and the people behind the screen (not just the actors but almost everyone) should be considered while making any judgement. Cinema as a whole needs to be viewed more empathetically and address all these unsung heroes in creating one hell of a saga.

Kudos to everyone who were involved on the project and thank you for making this dream of a project happen.

Believe me Lagaan is incomplete without Madness in Desert

[prakharsachdeo · 10/10 · 1 February 2024]

We all have watched Lagaan. But how many of us have watched Madness in Desert?

Madness in Desert is a documentary on the making of Lagaan the movie. It captures the entire journey of a movie right from the inception of the idea in the head of the director to its nomination in the Oscars.

The documentary is so well made. It will make you realize why Lagaan is a special movie and why it will remain once in a lifetime film.

This documentary is a lesson in movie-making. This is a special, special documentary and made me realize that Lagaan, the feature film is incomplete without Madness in Desert, the documentary.

Must watch. The documentary is as great as the movie.

Shown the difficulty during making

[deepakchaudhari-19078 · 10/10 · 28 February 2019]

Such a motivational documentry I think if you get a great success you might be free to the conclusion.

"Year 1893, Champaner, A small village in the heart of India"

[sahilrocks-19974 · 10/10 · 7 March 2019]

I saw this documentary today itself and I must tell you that it was an experience which I will cherish forever. This documentary showcases what actually went through in making a movie worth an academy award nomination. It starts off with the vision of Gowariker and his attempts to convince aamir khan to be on-board with the project. This documentary was made with the very intensity the actual film was made and is captured brilliantly by Sanjay Bhatkal. I was in complete awe after watching what goes through a team of people to go to an isolated place for 6 months trying to bring a script of paper on a celluloid. Hats off to the production team of Lagaan (Lagaanites) of creating a millennial movie which will remain in the hearts of every Indian for generations to come.

Real lunacy of the lunatics, by the lunatics, for the lunatics.

[mr-a-no-knee-mouse · 1/10 · 8 June 2014]

All this hype about an unreleased Aamir Khan's film is a DVD extra of Lagaan?!! Aamir has become a real lunatic. Why waste the precious time of people by saying it is an unreleased film? Did you ever expect that this so-called film of yours would see the daylight and people thronging to the theaters to see this DVD extra? Why didn't you three (Ashutosh Gowariker, Aamir Khan, (&) Zee TV) sell it in OLX instead??? Lagaan may be an epic, but this is an epic fail. Aamir told this is kind of a documentary which is very close to his heart. He should have kept it to his heart. Why give us a heart attack by saying it is an unreleased movie and waste our Sunday? Nobody in sane mind would have enjoyed a DVD extra. People enjoy it when it is shown for 5 minutes after a movie gets over. Due to Aamir's fan-following, it is rated 8.5.

Coming soon all the unreleased deleted/cut-scenes of Aamir from his previous films "Bhag Chalo: The Lunacy of Film Cutting." Again, fans will work hard for you Aamir and rate it 10/10.

Keep it up Mr. Poorfectionist.