FISRT THE SUMARRY OF THE MOVIE IN MY STYLE
’’ .......APNE HI PAANI MEIN PIGHAL JANA BARF KA MUKAKKADAR HOTA HAI.....’’
This is one line that can sum up the story of Swades(notice that it is not SWADESH)
After 3 long years after a movie like Lagaan comes Swades.It is always hard on a
director to reproduce the same magic again after delivering a superhit like LAGAAN
but does ASHUTOSH GOWARIKER disappoint ....My answer to that is a big NO.
Those of u who haven’t watched it yet heed my advice
’’ if u are going to watch the movie coz u are in need of a typical bollywood masala movie complete with item numbers, bare bodied babes and matrix copied fight sequences u r wasting ur time and money’’
but if u really know what a good movie means..and if u r still intelligent enough to recognize a good movie after watching the masala potboiler garbage for years GO FOR SWADES and u won’t ever regret ur decision.....
THE PLOT
Mohan Bhargav a top gun NASA scientist getting applauds and laurels from every side, feels nostalgiac abt a lady who was his aayah and decides to pay his kavriamma a visit..Mohan Bhargav, a man who is so much pampered by the comforts of US that he literally looks down upon the country that made
him , INDIA..he doesn’t come to INDIA to find the real india ..he comes simply to take his Kaveriamma with him to US...A man who takes a caravan so that he doesn’t have to sleep in UNHYGENIC AND UNCOMFORTABLE huts or hotels.. a man who knows that water from the village wells are unhygenic and never drinks water from any other source except the mineral water bottle he always carries.
Enter Gita, a school village school teacher, a lady with her own set of principles and she knows the best way to contribute towards the welfare of the society..teaching village kids..she doesn’t appreciate the feelings of Mahan abt the country
Slowly but steadly Mohan starts observing the villagers and he gets hooked up..he get saddened by the problems faced by an indian villager.He is moved so much so that he decides to put up a power plant in the village and does his bit for the country when he makes the sarpanch understand the traditional inhibhitions that are impeding the progress of the village in particular and the country in general.
then it is time to face the question that is staring at the audience from the time Mohan undergoes a change of heart..will he go back to US or stay in INDIA
THE PERFORMANCES
Sharukhs best performance up to date
this is one movie where u don’t get to watch the king khan..here u watch MOHAN an ordinary man..
The rest of the crew shine too in their well scripted roles.be it the debutant actress Gayatri Joshi or the ambitious and day dreamer dayashankar Pandey as Mela Ram or the village post master
The movie in general
there are very few movies u get to watch like this
--The very same Mohan who never Drank water except mineral water buys water just because he cannot bear the sight of a little boy who is selling it.
--The Mohan who never knew what the real caste system gives 1000 bucks to the same man from whom he went to collect revenue.
--Mohan fueding with the sarpanch when the sarpanch sayz india is the best because it has its rich cultural and traditional heritage and Mohan replies that he doesn’t believe India is the best country in the world
--the scenes between Mohan and Gita are great ones coz they are always contradicting one another
---the words of the ambitious Mela Ram when he talks of opening an indian dhaba in USA
---the efforts Mohan puts in to generate power in the village
---the shine on the face of the villagers when they first see’’ BIJLI’’
all these scenes are extremely well shot and a treat to watch...
the music is hummable though not extremely good...
CONCLUSION
As I said earlier if u think u are inteligent enough to understand which movie is good
and which is not dont sit deciding when to go and watch SWADES....GO NOW..and take this from me......U WON’’T B THE SAME ARROGANT MOHAN THAT U ARE NOW ONCE U WATCH THE MOVIE...and yeah Mohan is someone that lives in each one of us....and this is a movie that seeks to change that MOHAN ...