First of all, I want to congratulate Ashutosh Gowariker for creating a masterpiece. He improved a lot as a Director compared to "lagaan", his last outing to Oscars.

The way almost all the social problems shown is wonderful. Shah Rukh proved that he is a world class actor through this movie.

India is one of the ancient countries with a great heritage and culture. However, that is a past now and no Indian accepts it. We are lacking behind just because of the stagnant ideas like caste system. Gowariker tried to show the same in a beautiful and convincing way. He also successfully showed an alternative to fight the system.

Swades is not a movie meant for NRI's. Rather, it is a movie meant for the resident Indians. It is a must watch movie for every Indian.

It is very unfair on my part if I do not mention the name of A.R.Rahman, who gave a beautiful music for this epic movie. Songs like "Yeh tara woh tara" and "Yeh jo des hai tera" are really captivating..

One thing is for sure...Indian Cinema is improving day by day....Oscars...Here we come...