"Lagaan" released on 15 June 2001, clashing with "" starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel. "Lagaan" received worldwide critical acclaim and awards at international film festivals, and many Indian film awards and it became a blockbuster. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Made on a very expensive of (), the movie was a humongous project from Aamir Khan Productions and was filmed in villages near Bhuj.