Swades, Kal ho na ho

So finally I could see swades. One of the most talked about Hindi movie in recent times. I liked the movie because unlike most of the movies which focus too sharply on what is there and what is not there. This one is more mature. The story is simple an NRI visits India, get face to face with the ground realities and decides to stay on. But this is one of the few movies (I don't know if there is any other movie) where he (NRI) decides to concentrate on something instead of just blaming government and people. He builds a small Hydroelectric power plant. Here is some creativity. Infact India or for that matter any country could utilize the people of its origin who are living outside with this emotional string. Shahruk khan is superb.

Kal ho na ho is all sugary and melodramatic. Its good to promote bondness of Indianess but it goes overboard with the resturant promotion stuff. Which I found distasteful considering that these movies are now being watched with more and more people who are not Indian. Teaching hate for other people doesn't bind its own people. Yes I am talking about the song "Apni jeet ho, unki haar ho" and the video scence.