I connect naturally to patriotism:
Director Ashutosh Gowariker, who has showcased patriotic passion in movies like Lagaan and Swades says that the emotion comes easily to him but he has never used it deliberately in his projects.br br I connect naturally to the emotion of patriotism and it has come out in different flavours in Lagaan, Swades, Jodha Akbar and now Khele Hum Jee Jaan Se.
President Barack Obama said that Americans owe an enormous gratitude to the father of the Indian nation as the US has its ``roots in the India of Mahatma Gandhi and the non-violent social action movement'' he led for India's independence.