I had the chance to watch this movie recently. Being an NRI myself, I think this movie made a lot of sense to me. Coming from Ashutosh whose pre-Lagaan record was not so great, I went into the cinema without any expectations. I wanted to be surprised. And I was! Watching SWADES was like watching a novel. The journey of one man and his emotions towards his nation. The director hits many chords with this movie - stuff we think we already know about, but are never really brave enough to watch in the eye. Being great followers of escapist movies in Bollywood, we tend to attach the success of a movie at the box office to it's quality. Not true. Mark my words that Swades will bag a lot of awards this time because of the way it was handled. Whoever called it a "documentary" or a "moral science lesson" is either too ignorant or just another escapist himself who does not want to show the world what India really is. Despite the fact that an Indian is a top notch project manager for NASA at the world's power capital Washington, his roots lie in a place where he has to buy water from a young boy for 25 paise. Could there be a better summary of India? Personally for me that scene at the railway station was the best. Shahrukh almost seems to hold back his tears while making sure his companion on the journey does not see him crying at the state of his country. We all talk big about India and say change CAN happen, but Mohan Bhargava actually went ahead and did his bit in bringing about that change. One of the best last scenes of a movie I have seen lately where he washes himself on the river banks....he is home.