India, April 4 -- It was a lazy Saturday evening - hot and humid outside, cool and comfortable in my bedroom. The air-conditioner was gasping for breath, fatigued by overwork. To beat the ennui and keep the drowsiness at bay, I started browsing through YouTube - one of my favourite pastimes in such situations. Without making much effort to choose what to watch and what to ignore, I started searching for Hindi film songs, as well as clips that I have seen umpteen times, but which, for me, have a deep-seated repeat value.
However, the clip that day, where my search ended, was a stark deviation from my usual preferences.
After having watched Swades, the Ashutosh Gowarikar directed, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer, on its release in 2004, I did not re...