'Lagaan' movie was released in the year 2001
I was telling the Lagaan story to one of the team.
It has been 20 yrs the Lagan movie has made and geat movie on cricket at that time.
It shows how a team performance improved and can happen and take a dedicated journey with forming storming and norming to performing stage.
High-performance Team requires below areas to be strengthened:
a. Effective Team Coaching
b. Appropriate Team Context
c. Balance Team Chemistry
d. Appropriate Team Composition
e. Effective Team Leadership
You could find all these elements well visible in the Lagan movie.
Effective Team Leadership:
In the year 1893, the villagers of Champaner await meeting their Raja. They want to ask for an exemption from tax (Lagaan) but the Raja is busy watching the British play a match of cricket. A young farmer named Bhuvan mocks the game. This is overheard by the company captain, Andrew Russell who later challenges Bhuvan to a game of cricket in return for canceling their tax, a bet that Bhuvan accepts. throughout the movie, Bhuban demonstrated persistence to win the game with an optimistic attitude.
Effective Team Coaching:
Despite protests from the village, Bhuvan gathers a few supporters and then they try to learn the game of cricket. Elizabeth, Captain Russell's visiting younger sister, approaches them, offering to help. She wants to teach them the game so that the match is played fairly. Bhuvan is delighted, and the group starts meeting Elizabeth on grounds outside the village to learn the game. She was consistently enabling the teams to learn and play better cricket.
Bhuvan also coached the team wherever possible throughout the game to understand the game better. It helped the team to improve.
Appropriate Team Composition:
The captain of the cricket team, Bhuvan, led his team.
Lakha initially protested to come but later join in the game
Bagha was always there and he supported Bhuvan with great field fielding skills.
Ismail was a good, calm-headed batsman who played even in an injured state giving the team an opportunity to push for a final win.
Ishwar was the team doctor who meant business and took didn't go back on commitments.
Guran, a fortune teller, was another good support for the team
Bhura is also great
Kachra, The ‘untouchable’ who couldn’t have got into the team had it not been for Bhuvan’s aid, Kachra was a splendid bowler who controlled the game within reach on the second day and it was his over-and-a-half long association with Bhuvan at the absolute end that pushed the team.
Young Tipu entered in place of wound Ismail in the movie. He had the highest partnership with Bhuvan.
Appropriate Team Context:
Despite protests from the village, Bhuvan gathers a few who support him, and together, they crouch outside the cantonment grounds trying to understand the game. None of these people very played cricket other than gulli danda! With the help of a little bit of knowledge and enlighten team help, the team could understand the cricket with through practice.
Balance Team Chemistry:
Initially, team chemistry was not so good, as when practice progressed slowly all the team members get each other wavelengths better. It improved over a period of time with an effort from all sides.
Look into any high performance team, you will be able to find these 5 forces how well these are playing a role to build a winning successful team.
