I am serious when I say that Swades is the most thought provoking movie of the decade. No movie can affect an Indian as much as this movie does. Even the songs "Yeh Tara Woh Tara" and "Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera" are thoughtful and are excellent songs with very deep meanings. There are few scenes in a movie that would affect someone as much as the scene wherein SRK talks about the things wrong with India. You should not miss this movie. Gayatri Joshi does a good job for a newcomer. Her costumes are very well designed and a very good character role essayed beautifully. The village setting is very realistic and the scene when SRK goes to collect rent from the tenant of Gayatri Joshi.

In short an amazing and a realistic movie worth watching.