Swades

Dec 17, 2004

3h 15m

★ 7.3

We, the people.

Overview

A successful Indian scientist returns home to his village to take his nanny back to America with him, and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Ashutosh Gowariker Productions

UTV Motion Pictures

Dillywood

Swades Trailers

Cast

Mohan Bhargav

Shah Rukh Khan

Gita

Gayatri Joshi

Kaveri Amma

Kishori Ballal

Chiku

Smith Seth

Dadaji

Lekh Tandon

Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav

Rajesh Vivek

Mela Ram

Daya Shankar Pandey

Fatima Bi

Farrukh Jaffar

Vishnu Dutt (Panchayat member)

Vishnudutt Gaur

Panch Gungadin

Raja Awasthi

Panch Munishwar

Vishwa S. Badola

Panch Narayan

Bhim Vakani

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