the movie came in 2004 and was bashed by the so called main-stream critics. Someone called it krishi-darshan on doordarshan a lot called it a documentary.

The truth is that Indian audience was not ready for this film in 2004 and they are not ready in 2014!!! The film has now grown cult status amongst it's followers for very simple reasons. The film is very very close to reality and therein lies the strength of it's 3 hour long narrative. Every scene makes sense and some of the dialogues are are top-notch.

After lagaan director ashutosh gowarikar takes the story telling to new heights.what makes movie watching more enjoyable is fantastic music by AR Rahman and brilliant lyrics by javed akhtar.

i have watched it many times and can still watch it again and again, if you are looking for soulful cinema, swades is the pick for you