What happens when a sincere director transforms a block buster star into a actor ? Result is Swades. In 1974, we'd "Roti, Kapda, Makaan" by Manoj Kumar and thirty years later we got Swades that showed that root level problems have increased manifold. Mohan's character is torn between his ultra luxurious life in a developed country v/s his place of birth that's dragging feet over decades of underdevelopment, poverty, illiteracy, corruption, discrimination against caste and religion.