Synopsis
A NASA scientist Mohan Bhargava (SRK) comes to India and is taken in by the problems of poverty and helplessness in his village. He decides to lend a hand to ease them. However he has to return back to the US. Will he leave India forever and go back to the US?
Did you know?
Swades is inspired by the story of Aravinda Pillalamarri and Ravi Kuchimanchi the NRI couple who returned to India and developed the pedal power generator to light remote village schools. Shahrukh works on a rainfall monitoring satellite known as the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) in the film, which is an actual NASA mission. Swades was the first Indian movie to be shot at NASA.
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Charanpur is the small village in Central India to which Mohan comes in search of his childhood nanny Kaveriamma....
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This is the place where the Ramayana play was staged and also the final "kusthi" scene was shot. Around this Ghat is also the big banyan tree under which the Panchayat scene in the movie was shot....
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This is the song which is the turning point of the movie. During this song, Mohan has a change in heart after visiting extremely poor but hospitable people. He decides to stay on in India and try to help the poor...
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Mohan Bhargava is the Project Manager in NASA, USA. In this scene, he is looking at the picture of India on the globe...and the song 'Yeh jo des hai mera' poignantly plays in the background. Swades is the first Indian film to be actually shot inside the NASA research center at the Launch P...
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Here Mohan's friend is trying to dissuade Mohan from leaving NASA and going back to settle down in India....
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