This is such a musical movie yet the most profound and moving scene was the one without melody- the platform sequence. Couldn't hold my tears.

Swades is as Indian a movie as it can get. And it is only fitting that the protagonist is none other but the king of bollywood himself. It is a perfect role for SRK, although I feel Veer Zaara is still the most SRK-like film.

The story is simple and grounded which only makes it more real. It is well directed because it was easy to get carried away with the background of protagonist and some novice filmmaker might have made him fly rockets out of Charanpur! Ashutosh Govarikar showed his expertise of carving out beautiful character arcs with finesse and delivering an astound message for those who ever lose faith and hope in their motherland!