“Mohan” –A movie review of ‘swades’ based on management concepts

-Aman-Swanand-Pankaj -Vallabh-Mahendra

INTRODUCTION

“mohan” in hindi means everyone’s favorite. Here we are going to put up a review of the film Swades based on the management concepts. Mohan here refers to two interpretations:-

• How a person can be a transformational leader. I e How an ordinary person can become extraordinary.

• By giving this title I also meant that Swades is a question raised to all the citizens of our country about “What is India and What it can be”

The film also opens with the following quotation from Gandhi:-

“Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress.”

Set in modern day India, Swades is a film that tackles the issues that development throws up on a grass root level. It is to this India, which is colorful, heterogeneous and complex that Mohan Bhargava , a bright young scientist working as a project manager in NASA, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny. The story revolves around 3 main characters Mohan, Kaveri Amma, Gita and hundreds of innocent villagers of Charanpur. The film uses the contrast between the highly developed world of NASA, which has been at the forefront of advances in space research, and this world back home in India, which is at the crossroads of development. Mohan's simple quest becomes the journey that every one of us goes through in search of that metaphysical and elusive place called "home".

MANAGEMENT LESSONS:-

the title ‘ Swades We, the People’ .

Swades shows how teamwork pays, especially in the scenes where Mohan and the villagers work together to bring in electricity in Charanpur. The title envisions the emerging concepts of HR i.e. from “I to we concept”.

Mohan portrays a true leader in Swades. We have instances of Mohan’s leadership in which certain inevitable qualities of a leader like:

• Knowledge• Perseverance• Patience• Initiative• Negotiation skills• Motivational Skill• Empathy• Ready to take responsibility attitude

Mohan represents a true transformational leader who changes the destiny of a small village and leaves a question in everyone’s mind

“Can I be a leader who can uproot the problems of India and make it shine?”

Gita also has shown certain leadership qualities initiative to be in Charanpur with a mission of empowering the village with a

“try until you succeed attitude”.

RESISTANCE TO CHANGE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT:

Orthodox attitude of villagers towards education.Mohan, gita and few responsible villagers changed their attitude.

Another instance of change management is the “electricity generation” in a village which lived in darkness for decades.

Kaveri Amma- The real HR strategist

She understood both Gita and Mohan and made them encounter “right situations” so that they all reach a consensus of remaining in India.

Similar to Kaveri Amma, all the managers needs to be strategists. They should know their people, place them rightly to get the glimpses of success.

Mohan of course has even showed glimse of strategist by allocating job to villagers according to their capabilities while making reservoir

Swades is a movie which depicts the typical trend of Indian youth. “Learn from India and leave India to earn”- This is the attitude of most of the young Indians. Management lessons learned should be applied in all Indian minds to bring in a change in attitude in them.

“Apni chaukhat ka diya giving light to neighbors' house not good Sirji”

We need to be more responsible and responsive on what is happening around us. So Swades is an invitation and a challenge to all young managers of India –“Can we change India by using our management concepts? “

CONCLUSION

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