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Swades is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Ashutosh Gowariker released in USA on 17 december 2004 with Shahrukh Khan
Swades (2004)
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Add to a movie listSwades: We, the People (Hindi: स्वदेश, [sʋəˈd̪eːʃ], own country) is a 2004 Indian drama film written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Gayatri Joshi in her first film. The film received widespread critical acclaim and a cult following from Indian and other South Asian audiences around the world. It is widely regarded as one of the best Bollywood films of the decade and was later dubbed and released in Tamil under the title Desam.
Synopsis
Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan) is a non-resident Indian working as a project manager at NASA. He had been a student at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school. After the death of his parents and 12 years in the US, he decides to return to his hometown, Delhi, in India to find his nanny, Kaveri Amma (Kishori Ballal), with whom he has lost touch. After visiting the old-age home where Kaveri Amma resided, he finds out through her friend that Kaveri Amma was taken to a village Charanpur.Actors
Shahrukh Khan
(Mohan Bhargav)
Gayatri Joshi
(Gita)
Lekh Tandon
(Dadaji)
Rajesh Vivek
(Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav)
Makarand Deshpande
(Fakir)
Daya Shankar Pandey
(Mela Ram)
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