Swades = How to Launch a satellite + How to light a bulb

swades
Originally uploaded by theiyer.

Having said that Swades is equivalent to two films - one on how to launch a Global Precipitation Measurement satellite and the second on how to light a bulb - I strongly feel that it is one of the best "idealistic" and "realistic" films that has hit the silver screens , especially in these times of "designer clothes and cho chweet lingo" films.

The fact that the film has not quite set the BO on flames across the country is clear indicator that our masses are not quite attuned to visual treatises which play the crude realities.

But one thing is clear. You shall see a Mohan Bharagava emerge from Chennai in the next few years. Ode to Ramesh Ramanathans of the world who have been inspirations for these films and who have put in their bit to change the complex face of earth called India.

Ashutosh Gowariker, guess you definitely have done your bit. So just lay back and let your work produce the desired results.

Wondering where my Charanpur is?....