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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. The film is owned by Red Chillies Entertainment.
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- A. R. Rahman
- 17 December 2004
Feb 15, 2023 · Swades: The Rare Genre Film That Went Against The Tide. The politics of Swades is interested in humanity, instead of using the cliched ways of preaching patriotism. Aranav Das. Updated on : 15 Feb 2023, 11:52 am. Patriotic films are a force of nature.
Swades is a film supposedly about the rediscovery of India by the nonresident Indian. It can be said to fall into that genre of films, produced since the early 1990s, in which Indians living abroad have been featured.
He wished it had been a bigger box office success (though Swades is now seen as a cult classic which has gained greater appreciation over time). This is the first Indian film to be shot inside the NASA research center and at Launch Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Dec 17, 2023 · What's the story. A film that shines brightly in Shah Rukh Khan 's oeuvre, the 2004 pioneering, cult-classic drama Swades completed 19 years on Sunday. Helmed by Ashutosh Gowariker (Lagaan),...
Dec 17, 2004 · Swades: Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. With Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth. A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.
Dec 22, 2021 · Swades never assumed the status of a cultural touchstone as Gowariker’s earlier nationalistic manifesto Lagaan (2001). But it gently stirred a patriotic fervour and a sense of belonging in a fleeting world. In the era of the pandemic, isn’t that all we want? To belong?
