Swades (2004)
Swades (2004)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Shah Rukh Khan
Mohan Bhargav
Gayatri Joshi
Gita
Kishori Balal
Kaveri Amma
Smith Seth
Chiku
Lekh Tandon
Dadaji
Rajesh Vivek
Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav
Daya Shankar Pandey
Mela Ram
Farrukh Jaffar
Fatima Bi
Vishnudutt Gaur
Raja Awasthi
Vishwa S. Badola
M.G. Sathya
Writer
Makrand Deshpande
Fakir
Ashutosh Gowariker
Director / Producer / Story / Screenplay / Writer
Ballu Saluja
Editor
Ronnie Screwvala
Screenplay / Co-Producer
K.P. Saxena
Dialogue
Sameer Sharma
Screenplay
Lalit Marathe
Screenplay
Amin Hajee
Screenplay
Charlotte Whitby-Coles
Screenplay
Ayan Mukerji
Screenplay
Yashodeep Nigudkar
Screenplay
M. G. Sathya
Story
Danish Aslam
Second Assistant Director
Janani Ravichandran
Second Assistant Director
Lakshmipriya Devi
Second Assistant Director
Vinay Waikul
Second Assistant Director
Kiran Rao
First Assistant Director
Deven Khote
Co-Producer
Zarina Screwvala
Co-Producer
Sunita Gowariker
Executive Producer
Anadil Hossain
Line Producer
Mahesh Aney
Director of Photography
C Ramesh
Still Photographer
Griffin De Luce
Still Photographer
Navin Gadkari
Still Photographer
Stuart Hall
Camera Operator
Ramesh Sadrani
Gaffer
A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
H Sridhar
Sound Designer
Stephen Gomes
Sound Designer / Sound Mixer
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound Mixer
Royston D'Lima
Sound Editor
Tarun Bhandari
Sound Editor
S. Sivakumar
Sound Effects Designer
Aditya Modi
Sound Re-Recording Assistant
Ashraf Khan
Boom Operator
Gulam Hassan Sheikh
Boom Operator
Haroon Sheikh
Boom Operator
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Production Design
Girish Patil
Assistant Art Director
Hemant Bhatkar
Assistant Art Director
Sujeet Sawant
Assistant Art Director
Mithali Mahajan
Assistant Art Director
Eknath Kadam
Assistant Art Director
Kimberly Mullen
Casting Director
Mark Mullen
Casting Director
Bosco Martis
Choreographer
Caesar Gonsalves
Choreographer
Bhanu Athaiya
Costume Design
Pinky Poonawala
Costume Supervisor
Cheragh Todiwala
Assistant Editor
Abbas Ali Moghul
Stunt Coordinator
Pankaj Khandpur
Visual Effects
Rahul Kallankandy
Visual Effects
Rohit Prasad
Visual Effects
Javed Akhtar
Lyricist
Peter Rawley
Shreyas Pandit
Bachan Pachera
Rajesh Balwani
Rahul Vohra
Bhim Vakani
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 17, 2004
Original Nameस्वदेस
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 15m
Budget$2,900,000
Box Office$4,800,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Swades: We, the People (transl. Homeland) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-written, directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi and Kishori Ballal while Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Lekh Tandon appear in supporting roles.
The plot was based on two episodes of the series Vaapsi on Zee TV's Yule Love Stories (1994–95) which had Gowariker playing the role of Mohan Bhargav. The story of the lead role setting up a micro hydroelectric project to generate electricity was reported to be inspired by the 2003 Kannada film Chigurida Kanasu which was based on the novel of the same name by Jnanapith awardee K. Shivaram Karanth and Bapu Kuti by Rajni Bakshi. The music and background score was composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.
Swades was theatrically released on 17 December 2004, and it opened to rave reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of Khan, Joshi and Ballal, and the story, screenplay, and soundtrack. However, it emerged as a commercial failure at the box office.
At the 50th Filmfare Awards, Swades received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Gowarikar) and Best Music Director (Rahman), and won Best Actor (Khan) and Best Background Score (Rahman).
It was dubbed in Tamil as Desam and released on 26 January 2005, coinciding with Indian Republic Day. Despite its commercial failure, Swades is regarded ahead of its time and is now considered a cult classic of Hindi cinema and one of the best films in Shah Rukh Khan's filmography. The film is owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.