A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
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Title: Swades (2004)
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Cast
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| Shah Rukh Khan | ... | Mohan Bhargava | |
| Gayatri Joshi | ... | Gita | |
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Kishori Ballal | ... | Kaveri amma |
| Smit Sheth | ... | Chiku (as Master Smith Seth) | |
| Lekh Tandon | ... | Dadaji - Freedom Fighter | |
| Rajesh Vivek | ... | Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav | |
| Daya Shankar Pandey | ... | Mela Ram (as Dayashanker Pandey) | |
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Farrukh Jaffar | ... | Fatima Bi |
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Vishnudutt Gaur | ||
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Raja Awasthi | ||
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Vishwa Mohan Badola | ... | (as Visshwa S. Badola) |
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Bhim Vakani | ||
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Rahul Vohra | ... | Vinod (as Rahul Vora) |
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Rajesh Balwani | ||
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Bachan Pachehra | ... | (as Bachan Pachera) |
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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 (Shah Rukh Khan), a bright young scientist working as a project manager in NASA, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny. 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". Written by Anonymous
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Country:
IndiaRelease Date:
17 December 2004 (India) See more »Also Known As:
Swades See more »Filming Locations:
Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$424,804, 19 December 2004, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$1,223,240Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$7,570,413Company Credits
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Sung by Madhushree, Vijay Prakash & Ashutosh Gowariker
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar
Composed by A.R. Rahman
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For authenticity, Ashutosh Gowariker shot a scene at Launch Pad 39A, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This is the first Indian film to actually be shot inside the NASA research center. See more »Goofs
In the scene when Mohan Bhargava installs turbine for electricity generation, the turbine's blades are seen as "forward curved". However with forward curved blades, losses are significantly high and normally they are not used in turbines. Sometimes where they are used, an additional pressure turbine is used, but that was not there in the movie. See more »Soundtracks
Pal Pal Hai BhaariSung by Madhushree, Vijay Prakash & Ashutosh Gowariker
Lyrics by Javed Akhtar
Composed by A.R. Rahman
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A worth watching Movie by Ashutosh Gowariker.
Leaves a impression on mind after you have seen the movie.
Though there are technical faults in the storyline yet those can be left aside on the backdrop of a heart-touching theme. A theme for the people who are leaving their countries / states in search of a better life without realising the fact that they can create a better living environment at home itself.
An insight on the problems of India whose underdeveloped part is somehow or other responsible for itself for the underdevelopment. The social jinx in the rural India which should have been broken long before are now hampering the progress of the villages.
The movie is another Gem after Lagaan in the collection of Ashutosh and Indian Cinema as a whole.
Great Job by Shahrukh. Exquisite appearance by Gayatri. Grand Show by Ashutosh.
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