Chale Chalo: The Lunacy of Film Making

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.