Swadesh Movie Review

Life is a game – play it. So many people in our world accept the life they have been leading as a game and are ready to play for the betterment of their future and their dependants. However, a few others want to lead their life as an example for other fellow citizens. These people want to play with their life for the betterment of not only the lives of their immediate dependants but also other people who live in their community, village, panchayat, district, city, and country.

Swadesh - this movie is about an orphan who toils hard with little means available to him, goes to US, and achieves tremendous success in life before he hit his 30’s. After achieving the dream Green card, he decides to visit his old native place in India for 1 week. However, after coming to India, he is bombarded by the backward thinking and the lack of development of his village people there. He tries to convince them but they are adamant to change their views. Nevertheless, the hero won’t loose his patience; he decides to play it hard and finally proves his point by bringing power to every household in that village by spending his own bucks. The dreams of the villagers come true and everybody starts praising him. However, time has come to leave to US as he has already spent most of his leave. Therefore, he prepares for the journey but the villagers are not ready to leave him as they form an emotional attachment with the hero. The hero himself is not ready but forced to leave to US to complete his pending project there. Once he leaves to US, he starts feeling homesick and that feeling grows every second as he stays there to complete his work. Finally, he decides to sacrifice the Green card and the great American dreams for the sake of his own country and his own village people and finally, returns to India for permanent settlement.

Played by Sharukh Khan - as the hero of the movie – the movie sends a subtle message to all the viewers about the importance of determination, sincerity, and hard work of an young educated Indian who wants to develop and contribute knowledge to his own village, people, and country.