20 years of Swades - Page 2

Maybe someone could quote Sharaban's (Tanya's) post as she has blocked me - I would like to see her contribution (even though I know that she usually dislikes SRK).

Many years ago, I came across a short interview with Ashutosh made after Swades had been in theatres for a week...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozWtBV8YaM

This thread may contain a lot of interviews...those who know me through my postings also know that I like discussing movies .

Under the following interview (Hindi/English) - also done 8 days ago, some topics from the one in the first post are talked about, too, but also others, giving other info and other thoughts (and also Gayatri is mentioned) - among the comments, I found one I find interesting...and I also post a comment I found under the December 2004 interview of my previous post):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArZ2B2wlTLA

"The film was great but could have been much better if it was well edited. There were some scenes which were unnecessary or felt like distraction from the main motive of the film. There were 2 unnecessary songs which were not required at all and also significantly increased the length of the film. There were unnecessary lectures by Geeta in some scenes, like the one in which she lectures her potential in-laws on women empowerment." (TheSourDivine)

"Swades was not advertised properly, trailers, promotions etc. I still see this movie. The trailer for the movie is really not good. Movie was awesome no doubt. Ashutosh has dedication and this man deserves respect." (cot45nexus)

Any comments to that?

This turns out to be like a 'collection thread' of interviews about Swades...this time with A.R. Rahman (very short) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtWsK140LEw&t=2s

To conclude my own celebration day, I post this short review of indicfilm "why Swades is a masterpiece":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I5u2pPWty8