Jambo
folks! I am writing after three months. In the meantime,
I had my half yearly exams and a memorable holiday in Kenya! Now let's get back
to our mission i.e. looking for must-watch movies.
Mohan
Bhargava (played by SRK) is a big shot at NASA who takes a couple of weeks off
to go to India and bring Kaveri Amma (Kishori Ballal), his motherly nanny, with
him to the USA. When he reaches the old age
home where Kaveri Amma had been living, he gets to know that she left that
place a few years ago and went to live in some small village named Charanpur.
Here he finds his childhood friend Gita (Gayatri Joshi), who brought Kaveri
Amma with her and works hard to spread education in the village. Then the story
revolves around the social problems Mohan witnesses in the village and the
kindling of his love story with Gita ( because you gotta lighten the mood in a commercial film :P )
Many of
my readers would wonder why I am blogging about this well-known film starring
none other than the Baadshah of Bollywood himself. The reasons are :-
- Many people I have met haven't seen this film or have forgotten it.
- Many people appreciated his recent movies including 'Chennai Express' and 'Happy New Year'
I
believe in the ideology of 'to each his own' but at the same time, I want to give words to my views. This
man has worked for decades as an actor which is easily visible in the quality
of his acting but the issue is with the quality of scripts he has agreed to
work on. Lately, he has also exploited
the fame of his superhit film 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge' in at least three
films including the two listed above and the third being 'Dilwale'. Well, you can't blame him too. He has tasted all:
Name, Fame, Critical Acclaim and Money. It's the last thing which one just
can't have enough. He's got nothing to prove and a fanbase which's gonna
consume anything with his name on it but we can't let him waste his talent on
movies like Chennai Express. Even SRK has the right to complain because when he
works in a masterpiece like Swades he gets a low response at the box office but
if he acts in a crappy movie like Chennai Express, the box office gets hundreds
of crores. A shopkeeper can't sell products which are not popular among the
masses irrespective of their quality.
Swades
covers social problems like the ill fate of senior citizens, woes of farmers, the evil caste system and
low levels of development in the rural areas
of the country and at the same time it never loses it's entertainment factor. Its well-accepted
songs have been penned by the legendary
lyricist Javed Akhtar and have been set to music by AR Rahman. It's always a
treat to have them work together. The movie is certainly a delight. Let's hope
there is a change in the taste of the masses and such movies get their due at
the box office as well.
| Directed by | Ashutosh Gowariker |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Ashutosh Gowariker Ronnie Screwvala |
| Screenplay by | Ashutosh Gowariker Sameer Sharma |
| Story by | Ashutosh Gowariker M. G. Sathya |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Gayatri Joshi Kishori Balal |
| Music by | A.R.Rahman |
This movie is UDAY-CERTIFIED !!
