Released in the year 2004, the movie directed by Stalwart Ashutosh Gowariker, who had given us hits like Lagaan and Jodha Akbar.It had Shahrukh Khan and new comer Gayatri Joshi in the main lead. The film focuses on the rural life, where people today are still illiterate and have no access to the basic necessities of life.SRK who is an employee of NASA in US comes to this village called Charanpur, to meet his childhood nany Kaveri Amma so that he can take her with him to US.
However, in the process of convincing her to take her to US he himself is convinced that his country needs him more than NASA.He tries to bring electricity in the village using his education and in the process falls for Gayatri Joshi who plays Geeta, the simple village school teacher.She portrays the role of a teacher very well where she is totally involved in making the future if the school children bright.
And SRK as usual brings life to the character of Mohan who is US returen and is unaware of the problems faced by the rural India.
At the end the people of Charanpur convince him to stay back and work for the betterment of Rural India.Award winning performance by SRK and Gayatri Joshi.