“You know what you’re going to lose ?” “ I know what I’m going to gain.”

Meet Mohan Bhargav
Mohan’s life in the US was quite similar to that of Saif in the Love Aaj Kal song ‘Main Kya Hoon’, just that Mohan’s trauma isn’t so strongly pronounced by his behavior or appearance.
In fact, Mohan unknowingly masks this loneliness with his sudden longing and worry for Kaveriamma. Mohan confesses that he has been selfish by not caring about Kaveriamma all these years, but actually he is being selfish by wanting to bring her out of her comfort zone at this age, just to fill his inner void.
During his first couple of nights in Charanpur, Mohan preferred sleeping in the Caravan, because he was accustomed to the amenities. Yet one night on a charpoy gives him the sound sleep he hasn’t had in years. The Caravan, just like the US, is not his home. It is merely a house filled with conveniences. But the coziest beds in the world fail to provide the kind of rest and peace that home does.
Mohan initially was detached in Charanpur. He had the sensibility to not mock the regressiveness of villagers, but he was unaffected by it. His purpose of being there was only to take Kaveriamma with him, and perhaps also Gita.
It was his journey to the further depths of the heartland, and his meeting with a poor farmer who was failing to meet his family’s needs that stirred Mohan’s core. Mohan’s sympathies were converted to empathies, and he was no longer an outsider. After this meeting, for the first time, we see Mohan drink water from an earthen pot – water that was not packaged or treated. Mohan Bhargav was finally home.
Before this catalytic incident, Mohan was only preaching around the village. But the catharsis he experiences on this trip pushes him to stop being an armchair activist and lead the villagers towards change.
Gita was a strong woman with stubborn principles and beliefs, and Mohan respected that about her rather than resenting it. Gita as a person would come across as intimidating to most men, but not to men like Mohan.
Mohan Bhargav’s journey is quite similar to that of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s, considering both had a trajectory of self-discovery upon returning to the homeland, followed by deciding to serve and lead their own people.
