‘Lagaan se Lagaam tak’: Shashi Tharoor’s unique congratulatory tweet for UK PM Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak became the UK’s first Indian-born prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party on Tuesday, six weeks after he lost to Liz Truss in the race.

Shashi Tharoor in his tweet mentioned the 2001 film Lagaan starring Amir Khan and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Lagaan was the most expensive Indian film at the time of its release.

The movie is based on British colonial times for India. In 1893 when India is under British occupation, in a small village, the tyrannical captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne) imposes an unprecedented land tax on its citizens. Outraged, Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), a rebellious farmer, rallies the villagers to openly protest the tax.

Russell offers a new way to settle the dispute – he challenges Bhuvan and his men to a game of cricket, a sport completely foreign to India. If Bhuvan and his men can beat Russell’s team, the tax will be repealed.

Lagaan refers to the tax that the British colonialists unjustly imposed on the inhabitants of India. In Tharoor’s tweet, the MP was also talking about Lagaam, referring to the reins used for horseback riding.

“लगान 75 ! 🙏 “Tharoor tweeted.

Rishi Sunak on Tuesday assumed Britain’s first Indian-born Prime Minister with a promise to correct recent “mistakes” following an audience with King Charles III, a day after he was elected. as the new leader of the Conservative Party in a historic leadership contest.

The 42-year-old politician turned investment banker is the youngest British prime minister in 210 years. He is also Britain’s First Hindu Prime Minister.

In his first speech as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, “Some mistakes were made; not by malice or ill intentions but mistakes anyway and I was elected as leader. lead my party and partly your Prime Minister to fix them.”