S., leaving her and her younger brother Nandan "Chiku" alone. Geeta does not like Mohan's arrival as she thinks that he will take Kaveri Amma back with him to the U. However, the village is divided largely by caste and religious beliefs. Geeta runs a school in Charanpur and works hard to improve the living conditions of the villagers through education. Upon reaching Charanpur, he meets Kaveri Amma and learns how his childhood friend Geeta (whom he called "Gitli" in his childhood) brought Kaveri Amma to stay with her after Mohan's parents died. Mohan decides to rent a recreational vehicle to reach the village fearing that he might not get the required facilities there. Mohan then decides to travel to Charanpur, in Uttar Pradesh. He goes to the old age home but learns that Kaveri Amma no longer lives there and went to a village named Charanpur a year ago. Due to the recent success of Phase I of his project, he takes a few weeks off and travels to India. ![]() Mohan wishes to go to India and bring Kaveri Amma back with him to the U. After his parents' death, Kaveri Amma went to live in an old age home in Delhi and eventually lost contact with Mohan. He keeps worrying about Kaveri Amma, a nanny at his home in Uttar Pradesh who looked after him during his childhood days. for college studies and kept on living there after his parents in India died in a car accident. Mohan Bhargava is a non-resident Indian who works as a Project Manager on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) program at NASA in the United States. The film is owned by Red Chillies Entertainment. 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. It was dubbed in Tamil as Desam and released on 26 January 2005, coinciding with Indian Republic Day. However, it emerged as a commercial failure at the box office.Īt 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). 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. Rahman, with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. ![]() The music and background score was composed by A. ![]() Shivaram Karanth and Bapu Kuti by Rajni Bakshi. ![]() 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. 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 film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi and Kishori Ballal while Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Lekh Tandon appear in supporting roles. Homeland) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-written, directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. The movie, however, I felt, appeals to NRI crowd more.Swades: We, the People ( transl. Not everyone will appreciate the movie as much! The scenes of the small kid selling water in station, or SRK's rent collection from another village are very thought provoking. And its highly reflective of the kind of person you are, or life you have led. Cinematography: Could have been much better. It is unlike the other two mega SRK movies of 2004 (Main Hoon Na, Veer Zara), but this is the REAL stuff ! Obviously if you are expecting SRK to jump around with designer clothes, and colourful songs and dances, this movie is not for you! But on the other hand, if you are aware of the ground reality of India, its people, if you have experienced the rural life, this movie will touch the innermost of you! Music: ARR has few memorable tunes: 'Yun Hi Chala', 'Yeh Jo Desh Hai Tera', 'Sanwariya Sanwariya', 'Yeh Tara Woh Tara' ! Melody based tunes along the lines of Bombay or Dil Se. Ashutosh G is to be admired, to take up a subject like this and make a movie, knowing very well that, this is not the real commercial deal.
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