Listonixio
Fresh and Exciting
Keeley Coleman
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Bumpy Chip
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
tauqeerhussainmd
It contains most of our disgusting evil cultures which are still in our country..
Hats off SRK sir
wvriend
A feel good movie about the beauty of India's rural areas and diversity of its people. The movie preaches equality and gentle progression as it says in the English title: we, the people. This message is portrait through a Nasa manager who goes back to visit his nanny and finds love and truth on his way. The experiences he collects during his stay are shown without false sentiments but with the lighthearted spirit one recognizes from Bollywood. Of course with chanting, dancing, a small tear and lots of humor. Enjoy the sympathetic characters and a lost three hour visit to rural India.
muvi-fan-73
Swades is a terrific movie which sends a message of patriotic love. Mohan Bhargava(SRK) is a scientist working for NASA who returns India to take back an elderly women(Kaveriamma) who helped him grew up. Mohan discovers, and realizes more about Indian origins. He realizes that his country requires him more than any other country. He starts and successfully completes a project of providing electricity to the village in which Kaveriamma is residing. He falls in love with Gita, a school teacher, who stays with Kaveriamma. He realizes the importance of staying in India with her and after one trip decides to stay forever in India.Pros: A film that positively changes the mind of a person fallen victim to brain-drain, superb filming locations. I personally liked the caravan. The song "Dekho na" is superb. Kaveriamma is lovely and everyone associated with film has done great.Cons: SRK has really acted well except for one scene where he smokes cigarette and acts to have quit and again resumes. He overacts.
gavin6942
A successful Indian scientist (Shah Rukh Khan) returns to an Indian village to take his nanny (Kishori Balal) to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.Indian cinema confuses the heck out of me. Or maybe not all Indian cinema and just what we call Bollywood. The earlier films (like Jean Renoir's "The River") make sense to me and are beautiful. Maybe that should not count as Indian cinema, but oh well. It hits hard.The more modern Indian cinema seems to me to be bright colors and catchy pop songs. There is something to that, but I am not quite sure what the appeal is. These just do not strike me as the great works of art they could be.
