Archive · 14 Sep 2025
Aamir Khan Reveals Lagaan's Budget Overrun, Production Challenges
Aamir Khan, who acted in and produced the movie Lagaan, talked about how the film cost way more than planned.
It was supposed to cost 12 crore rupees, but ended up costing over 25 crore.
The director wanted lots of extra people in the scenes, which caused issues.
Even though they had hired 2,000 people, the director asked for more, which upset the production team because they still had to pay the unused extras.
Aamir Khan discussed Lagaan's budget overrun.
The original budget for Lagaan was Rs 12 crore.
The actual cost of Lagaan exceeded Rs 25 crore.
Director Ashutosh Gowariker requested more extras than initially planned.
The production team faced challenges due to extra costs.
- Who
- Aamir Khan
- What
- Revealed the budget and production challenges of Lagaan
- When
- Recent interview
- Where
- On Komal Nahta's YouTube channel
- Why
- To discuss the film's production details
- Film
- Lagaan
- Lead Actor/Producer
- Aamir Khan
- Original Budget
- Rs 12 crore
- Actual Budget
- Exceeded Rs 25 crore
- Director's Request
- Additional extras
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