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Q&A: Ashutosh Gowariker


May 15, 2008 Ashutosh Gowariker acted in Indian television and art house films and in the 1980s, and after a couple of unsuccessful directorial outings he took a leap of faith in 2001 with a film about a simple villager in 19th century British India who challenges the nasty colonials to a game of cricket. "Lagaan" (Land Tax) drew an Oscar nomination for best foreign film, and Gowariker followed up in 2004 with "Swades" (Homeland) about a NASA scientist returning to his Indian village. Now 44, Gowariker has proved it possible to get around the formulaic plots of mainstream Indian cinema.

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