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RUNTIME
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At 195 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment β longer than 95% of films ever made.
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Swades
"We, the people."
2004 3h 15m HI
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Synopsis
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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.
βWe, the people.β
Cast
Shah Rukh Khan
Mohan Bhargav
Gayatri Joshi
Gita
Kishori Ballal
Kaveri Amma
Smit Sheth
Chiku
Lekh Tandon
Dadaji
Rajesh Vivek
Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav
Daya Shankar Pandey
Mela Ram
Farrukh Jaffar
Fatima Bi
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ashutosh Gowariker
- Writers
- M. G. Sathya, Charlotte Whitby-Coles, Ayan Mukerji
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Countries
- India
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MONEY
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Shot for just $2.9M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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ERA
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Released 22 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, shot by Mahesh Aney. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by A.R. Rahman. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Ballu Saluja shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Shah Rukh Khan and Gayatri Joshi and Kishori Ballal carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ashutosh Gowariker directs. Mahesh Aney behind the camera. A.R. Rahman scores. Ballu Saluja cuts. A long sit β settle in. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Hindi, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1At 195 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment β longer than 95% of films ever made.
- 2Shot for just $2.9M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Released 22 years ago.
- 4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hindi, English.
- 5Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, shot by Mahesh Aney. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by A.R. Rahman. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Ballu Saluja shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8Shah Rukh Khan and Gayatri Joshi and Kishori Ballal carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "We, the people.".
- 10IMDB entry: tt0367110 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Mahesh Aney
- Original score
- A.R. Rahman
- Editing
- Ballu Saluja
- Production design
- Nitin Chandrakant Desai
- Costume design
- Bhanu Athaiya
- Makeup / hair
- Madhav Kadam
- Sound
- H Sridhar
- Stunt coordinator
- Abbas Ali Moghul
- Runtime
- 195 min Β· 3h 15m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,900,000
- Box office
- $4,800,000
- Return
- 166% of budget
- Original language
- HI
- IMDB
- Swades (2004)
Also by
Ashutosh Gowariker
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Production companies
Who made it
- AS
Ashutosh Gowariker Productions
IN
UTV Motion Pictures
IN
Dillywood
US
Key crew
- ProducerAshutosh Gowariker
- DialogueK.P. Saxena
- EditorBallu Saluja
- Second Assistant DirectorJanani Ravichandran
- Co-ProducerZarina Screwvala
- Second Assistant DirectorDanish Aslam
- Line ProducerAnadil Hossain
- Casting DirectorMark Mullen
- Still PhotographerGriffin De Luce
- Sound Effects DesignerS. Sivakumar
- Production DesignNitin Chandrakant Desai
- Assistant Art DirectorSujeet Sawant
- Sound EditorRoyston D'Lima
- Casting DirectorKimberly Mullen
- Second Assistant DirectorLakshmipriya Devi
- Sound Re-Recording AssistantAditya Modi
- First Assistant DirectorKiran Rao
- Boom OperatorAshraf Khan
- Boom OperatorGulam Hassan Sheikh
- ChoreographerBosco Martis
- Co-ProducerDeven Khote
- GafferRamesh Sadrani
- Sound DesignerH Sridhar
- Sound DesignerStephen Gomes
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- nasa
- social issues
- non-resident indian
- inspirational
- admiring
- indian culture
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical2004-12-17
Also known as
International titles
- Swades: We, the PeopleUS
- ΠΠΎΠ·Π²ΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π° ΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΡRU
