Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?
The answer is after the jump...
Though we usually skip opening credit montages during this game (since there are too many words on screen) we opted to use the end of the opening credits to Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), a Bollywood classic since the first non-credits shots was somewhat bland. Despite India's ginormous film industry (they make more movies annually than Hollywood!), they rarely factor into the Oscars. India has only ever been nominated thrice in this category. But all three of the movies are excellent. The first and third nominations went to epic three hour plus musicals, Mother India (1957) -- which we discussed on the Once Inch Barrier podcast -- and Lagaan (2001). The only other nomination went to the film debut of director Mira Nair with Salaam Bombay! (1988) which you owe it to yourself to see if you haven't.
Lagaan is currently streaming on Netflix, Mother India is streaming on Eros Now, and sadly Salaam Bombay! is not streaming anywhere and also isn't rentable. Argh!