Swades
Swades
| 17 December 2004 (USA)
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A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Reviews
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
Freaktana A Major Disappointment
Edison Witt The first must-see film of the year.
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
abhi_sran 'I don't believe India is the greatest nation in the world. But, I definitely believe we have the potential of becoming one of the greatest nations in the world' said Mohan Bhargava in a sequence while arguing with a bunch of orthodox villagers. This film is probably one of the best films SRK has done in terms of social relevance and storytelling. The screenplay has been drafted superbly and the casting is the actual strength of this film. This film is surely gonna stir up a sea of emotions in the NRI Indian diaspora abroad. It will definitely appeal to people who have at some point in their lives left their motherland/home in search of a better life elsewhere. The film has all the ingredients that make it a commercial success as well. In short, this movie offers something somewhere for every Indian who has grown disillusioned of the ways/system of their own country. India deserved a film such as this for a long long time and finally, we have a piece of cinema which boasts of patriotism in an unconventional manner. Jai Hind!
Navenkumar Selva I watched this movie after hearing that SRK is the only actor to act in a real NASA camp.What was the movie?Swades,we the people.The movie starts in the USA where a young Indian scientist working in NASA,longing to get back to his motherland to bring back the person who brought him up since young.From there,the movie takes you in an adventurous journey in rural India showing the differences between a city life and rural life in the 21st century India.This movie shows the natural beauty of India in a splendid manner.Be it the journey of SRK from the city to the village,or even from the village to a even more rural area,it was shot so beautifully,you would have never seen India this way.This movie touches on every possible social problem in India,which really provided me a lot of knowledge about India as I'm not an Indian national.The cinematography was merely brilliant capturing the feel of the village in the camera.A.R Rahman,what else can you expect from him,his music and songs were great though captivating all the way through.The songs in this movie was really meaningful,some may even allow tears passing through.Ashutosh Gowariker has probably become one of the best Indian director's of all time.Movies like Lagaan and Jodha Akbar is one of the best Indian movie's of all time.He has brought Indian cinema to great heights.SRK has proved that he is a good actor to all that thinks otherwise,this movie also shows that SRK is a responsible actor for the Indian society.Hats off to Ashutosh Gowariker,SRK and A.R Rahman for creating this masterpiece.We the people love it.A glimpse of true rural India.
warule_mahesh This is Ashutosh Gowarikar's best movie so far no doubt about this some may be argue that Lagaan & Jodha Akbar are his best movie but for me this is the one. I watched this movie in 2004 at theater with handful of people as 90% hall was empty.Even though its Shahrukh khan movie it was flop movie at that time. It is not necessary always that flop movie is not good movie.in this Shahrukh plays very simple role of NASA scientist which is against his lover boy image. He looks very mature & he underplayed his role. Gayatri joshi, the heroine of the movie matches him well as she performed brilliantly.These is only movie in her career. But the main aim of the movie is country needs more skillful people who can contribute to their own country instead of working in other countries. All characters in the movie played their role brilliantly, The music of the movie is very good because of AR Rahman. I love this movie for two people, first is Shahrukh Khan & Second is director Ashutosh Gowarikar. These is their best work. Watch these movie For these two.
Mustafeez Ahmad When they call Pakistan and India two branches from the same tree, I reckon they are absolutely right, this movie proved it for me. Yes this was a bit boring, but as long as a movie stays with you till a long time, it's a brilliant one in my opinion. This was definitely one of those for me. The subcontinent is struck with poverty, and with careless leaders, is these cases, an educated and thoughtful countryman and hope is all you need. This movie tells us that leaders are not the ones that should be doing everything for us, we should also do something for ourselves. Instead of asking them for our rights and just depending on them, we must find our own leader and help that leader in making us live a better life. THIS MOVIE DID WONDERS. The songs were perfect, Yunhi challa chal raahi and Ye taara woh taara are two of my favourite songs of all time. Gayatri Joshi portrayed her role perfectly, i am surprised this was her first and last movie. SRK was brilliant yet again, this time, in a simpler role but much deserving for the film fare he won due to his performance in Swades. Brilliant movie, hats off.