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Communication Skills-II
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1. Project: Team Building Movie Review

2. Assignment: Case Study

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 Project: Team Buiding Movie Review

Select any movie based on Team Building/ Team Work and prepare a
Movie Review.

A. About the Movie:

1. Title: LAGAAN
2. Director: Ashutosh Gowarikar
3. Producer: Amir Khan, Mansoor Khan
4. Year of Release: 15thJune2001
5. Awards/Other attributes like etc. (if any): 8 National Awards, 9 Filmfare
Awards and 10 IIFA Awards
B. Central Theme:

Lagaan is a movie that takes place in North colonialist India. Aamir Khan,
who plays Bhuvan, acts as a stubborn character that fights for justice.
Colonel Russell, the head of the cantonment of the area, challenges Bhuvan
and his people to a game of cricket in an attempt to eradicate tax. Bhuvan
agrees and throughout the movie tries to convince his townsmen to fight
with him against the British. Also, Bhuvan has two lovers, Gauri and
Elizabeth, who is Russells sister. Elizabeth helps Bhuvan learn the ways of
cricket and ultimately helps them in winning. Gauri, on the other hand, also
helps Bhuvan in convincing others to fight against the British in the cricket
game and make food and clothing for the team. Gauri is Bhuvans emotional
support, whereas Elizabeth represents a more technical support. Bhuvan
cannot see Elizabeths love for him and in the end falls for Gauri. The songs
in this movie are very symbolic, especially Radha Kese Na Jale, which talks
about the relationship between the God Krishna and his follower Radha. This
movie creates an interesting twist on that classic love story by having a love
triangle by including Elizabeth. Who in this case is Bhuvans Radha? In
addition, the game of cricket played also seems to be an important aspect in
Indian history as it is still prevalent today. Since these two themes in the
movie intrigued me, I did some research on them and the following is what I
found.
C. Characters:

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 1. Main/major Characters: Enlist.
I. Amir Khan (Bhuvan)
II. Gracy Singh (Gauri)
III. Rachel Shelley (Elizabeth Russel)
IV. Paul blackthorn (Captain Andrew Russel)

2. Other Minor Characters: Enlist.

I. Rajendra gupta (Mukhya ji)
II. Raghubir Yadav (Bhura)
III. Kulbhushan Kharbanda (Raja Puran Singh)
IV. Yashpal Sharma (Lakha)
V. Aditya lakhiya (kachra)

D. Plot: (Sequence of Events in the Movie)

1. Beginning:
In the village of Champaner (in the state of Gujarat, western India) during the height of
the British empire in India in 1893. Captain Andrew Russell (Paul Blackthorn), the
commanding officer of the Champaner cantonment, has imposed high taxes ("Lagaan")
on people from the local villages that they are unable to pay due to a prolonged drought.
Led by Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), the villagers beg Raja Puran Singh (Kulbhushan
Kharbanda) to help them. He tells them that, much to his regret, he is bound by British
law.

After their visit to the Raja, the villagers first witness a cricket match. Bhuvan mocks the
game and gets into a fight with one of the British officers. Taking an instant dislike to
Bhuvan, Russell offers to cancel the taxes of the whole province "for three years" if the
villagers can beat his men in a game of cricket. If the villagers lose, however, they will
have to pay three times their normal taxes. Bhuvan accepts this wager on behalf of the
villages in the province, without their consent. When the other villagers learn about the
bet, they are furious with Bhuvan. He argues that it is important for everyone to fight
against British rule.
2. Middle:
Bhuvan begins to prepare the villagers for the match. He initially finds only five people
willing to join the team. He is aided in his efforts by Russell's sister Elizabeth who feels
that her brother has mistreated the villagers. As she teaches them the rules of the game,
she falls in love with Bhuvan, much to the anguish of Gauri who is also in love with him.

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 After Bhuvan reassures Gauri of his feelings for her, the woodcutter Lakha becomes
enraged as he is in love with Gauri.

In an attempt to discredit Bhuvan, Lakha offers himself as a spy for Russell and joins the
villagers' team to destroy it. Eventually the villagers realize that winning equals freedom.
As a few of them are insulted by the British, they join the team. Short one player, Bhuvan
invites an untouchable, Kachra, who can bowl spinners. The villagers, conditioned by
long-term prejudice against Dalits, refuse to play if Kachra joins the team. Bhuvan
chastises the villagers, shaming them into accepting Kachra.

On the first day, Russell wins the toss and elects to bat, giving the British officers a strong
start. Bhuvan brings Kachra into the match only to find that Kachra has somehow lost his
ability to spin the ball new cricket balls do not spin as well as worn-down ones. In
addition, as part of his agreement with Russell, Lakha deliberately drops many catches.
Later that evening, Elizabeth sees Lakha meeting with her brother. She races to the
village and informs Bhuvan of Lakha's deception. Rather than allow the villagers to kill
him, Bhuvan offers Lakha the chance to redeem himself.

3. End:
The next day as part of his promise to Bhuvan, Lakha takes a diving one-handed catch.
However, the British score almost 300 runs, losing only three wickets by the lunch break.
Kachra is brought back to bowl and, bowling with a now-worn ball, takes a hat-trick,
which sparks the collapse of the British batting side. The villagers soon start their
innings. Bhuvan and Deva give their team a solid start. Deva misses out on his half-
century when a straight-drive from Bhuvan ricochets off the bowler's hand onto the
stumps at the non-striker's end, where Deva is backing up too far. When Lakha comes on
to bat, he is hit on the head by a bouncer and falls onto his stumps. Other batsmen get out
trying to score a boundary off each delivery. Ismail ,a good batsman, retires hurt as he is
hit on the leg. The villagers' team ends the day with four batsmen out of action with
barely a third of the required runs on board.

On the third and final day, Bhuvan passes his century, while most of the later wickets fall.
Ismail returns to bat with the help of a runner and passes his half-century, reducing the
required runs to an attainable total. The game comes down to the last over with Kachra on
strike. With one ball remaining and the team down five runs, Kachra knocks the ball a
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 short distance, managing a single. However, the umpire signals no ball. Bhuvan returns to
bat and swings extremely hard at the next ball. Russell backpedals and catches it,
gleefully believing that the British team has won until he realizes that he has caught
gone beyond the boundary which gives six runs, and the win, to Bhuvan's team. Even as
they celebrate the victory, the drought ends as a rainstorm erupts.

Bhuvan's defeat of the British team leads to the disbanding of the humiliated cantonment.
In addition, Russell is forced to pay the taxes for the whole province and is transferred to
Central Africa. After realizing that Bhuvan loves Gauri, Elizabeth returns to London.
Heartbroken, she remains unmarried for the rest of her life. It is revealed during epilogue,
that Bhuvan went on to marry Gauri with great pomp and show. And despite the historic
triumph, Bhuvan's name was lost in the pages of history.

E. Critical Analysis

1. Problems posed and Solutions proposed in the Movie :

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 Assignment: Case Study-I
Assertive Communication
Your employer had told you that your recent vacation request was
approved. Two days before your vacation is to begin, you hear that your
vacation request is now going to be denied because of a new, large
contract taken on by your company that affects the department you
manage. You have already made extension plans to travel and will lose
money if you have to cancel. Your supervisor calls you into his office and
is about to tell you that he is going to deny your time off.

Question:
How will you handle the situation?
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Assignment: Case Study-II

Team Work
Sami Smith works as a secretary for two years. Her performance
evaluations during that time have met expectations. The evaluation
meetings over the past two years have mentioned that she struggles at
times with teamwork. Each time Sami agrees to work on this area, but
she also states that her co-workers are out to get her and that she works
best alone. You have received the following complaints about Sami:
Last Wednesday, a co-worker approached Sami at her desk to ask a question. Sami
stood up, shoved in her chair, and stated that she was in the middle of a project
and did not have time to answer any questions.
Yesterday, a manager asked Sami to correct errors on a report she submitted.
Sami curtly remarked that if she did not get interrupted all the time, she would not
have to waste time to redo the report.
Question:
As the director, how should you handle this situation?
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