The world’s oldest museum dedicated to photography and housing one of the world’s oldest film archives, the George Eastman Museum in New York, has acquired five films directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, to add to its collection of 28,000 titles from across the globe. Lagaan, which found its place among films like Caddyshack, Field of Dreams, Million Dollar Baby, Raging Bull, Rocky and other classics in Time magazine’s list of 25 All-Time Best Sports Films, is one of the films in the museum’s contemporary Indian cinema collection. The other four Gowariker films acquired by the museum are Jodhaa Akbar, Swades, What’s Your Raashee? and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey.
