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Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kishori Ballal, Gayatri Joshi

Produced By: UTV

Music: A.R. Rahman

Released By: UTV

Synopsis: Set in modern day India, Swades is a film that tackles the issues facing the citicezns of this nation on a grass roots levl. A country that is grappling with problems that development thows up, the India of Swades is colorful, hetergeneous and complex, with people of diverse cultures and attitude. It is to this enviornment that Mohan Bhargava, a bright scientist working as a project manager in NASA, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny.

In his attempts to persuade Kaveriamma (Kishori Ballal), the symbol to m of motherhood and family, to return to America with him, he gets drawn into the life of a village called Charanpur and finds himself searchign for answers to the questiosn fo progress and development that the village is facing. His curiosity is piqued by Gita (Gayatri Joshi - film debut), an admirable young woman teaching in the village primary school, who chooses to live her despite problems like casteism, prejudice, and a lack of basic amenities.

The film uses the contrast between the highly developed world of NASA, whihc has been at the forefront of advances in space research, and this world back home in India, whihc is at the crossroads of development. What has a simple mission, prompted by nostalgia and affection, turns into a journey intohe heartland of rural India, both literally and metaphorically. His quest becomes the journey that ever one of us goes through in the search of that metaphysical and elusive place called "home".

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