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Swades Cast & Characters

• Shah Rukh Khan as Mohan Bhargav
• Gayatri Joshi as Geeta “Gitli” (Mohan’s childhood friend)
• Kishori Ballal as Kaveri Amma (Mohan’s nanny)
• Rajesh Vivek as Nivaaran Dayal Srivastava (Postman at Charanpur)
• Lekh Tandon as Dadaji
• Daya Shankar Pandey as Mela Ram (A eatery owner at Charanpur)
• Smith Sheth as Nandan “Chiku” (Geeta’s younger brother)
• Bachan Pachehra as Haridas
• Vishnu Dutt Gaur as Mr. Vishnu Dutt (Charanpur Panchayat Member)
• Farrukh Jaffar as Panch Fatima Bi
• Visshwa Badola as Panch Munishwar
• Bhim Vakani as Panch Narayan
• Dilip Ambekar as Panch Hariya
• Raja Awasthi as Panch Gungadin
• Rahul Vohra as Vinod Raaz
• Rajesh Balwani as Rahul Sinha
• Peter Rawley as John Stockton
• Mayuri Bagade as Book Store Girl
• Makrand Deshpande as traveller who shows Mohan the way to Charanpur

Swades Storyline

Mohan Bhargava, an Indian scientist working at NASA, returns to India to take his nanny back to America. However, the time he spends in the village of Charanpur changes his life forever.

About Swades Movie

Swades: We, the People is a Hindi drama film co-written, directed, and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, and Kishori Ballal, the film also features Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, and Lekh Tandon in supporting roles.

The film is inspired by the real-life story of Aravinda Pillalamarri and Ravi Kuchimanchi, a non-resident Indian couple who returned to India and developed a pedal power generator to provide electricity to remote village schools. Gowariker spent significant time with them, both being active volunteers of the Association for India’s Development (AID). He also visited Bilgaon, an Adivasi village in the Narmada Valley, which played a key role in the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). The villagers contributed 200 person-days of shramdaan (community service) to make their village self-sufficient in energy, a project later recognized as a model for replication by the Maharashtra government.

Additionally, Swades was reportedly inspired by two episodes of Vaapsi, a series from Yule Love Stories (1993–95) on Zee TV. The storyline of the protagonist setting up a micro hydroelectric project was said to be influenced by the Kannada novel Chigurida Kanasu by K. Shivaram Karanth and Bapu Kuti by Rajni Bakshi.

Initially, Gowariker approached Aamir Khan for the role of Mohan Bhargav after their collaboration in Lagaan (2001), but Aamir declined, citing a weak story. The role was then offered to Hrithik Roshan, who also rejected it. R. Madhavan was considered before Shah Rukh Khan was cast. Upon hearing the story, Khan was reportedly moved to tears and immediately accepted the role. The film’s costume design was handled by Bhanu Athaiya, an Oscar winner for Gandhi (1982).

Swades made history as the first Indian film to be shot inside NASA headquarters, including the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A. The rainfall monitoring satellite featured in the film, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), was an actual NASA mission launched in 2014. A significant portion of the film was also shot in Menawali, Maharashtra.

Shah Rukh Khan’s character, Mohan Bhargav, was reprised in Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva, with director Ayan Mukerji confirming that it is the same character from Swades. Additionally, in Jawan (2023), Khan’s character Azad is raised by a woman named Kaveri after his parents are presumed dead, drawing parallels to Swades.

Where to Watch Swades Movie Online?

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