Swades

Swades

Swades

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Swades

"We, the people."

2004

3h 15m

7.3(355 votes)

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Overview

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.

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Dillywood

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Cast & Crew

20 members

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Mohan Bhargav

शाहरुख़ ख़ान

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Gayatri Joshi

Gita

Gayatri Joshi

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Kishori Balal

Kaveri Amma

Kishori Balal

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Smith Seth

Chiku

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Lekh Tandon

Dadaji

Lekh Tandon

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Rajesh Vivek

Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav

Rajesh Vivek

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Daya Shankar Pandey

Mela Ram

Daya Shankar Pandey

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Farrukh Jaffar

Fatima Bi

Farrukh Jaffar

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Vishnudutt Gaur

Vishnu Dutt (Panchayat member)

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Raja Awasthi

Panch Gungadin

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Vishwa S. Badola

Panch Munishwar

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Bhim Vakani

Panch Narayan

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Rahul Vohra

Vinod Raaz

Rahul Vohra

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Rajesh Balwani

Rahul Sinha

Rajesh Balwani

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Bachan Pachera

Haridas

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Shreyas Pandit

Unknown Role

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Production

Peter Rawley

John Stockton

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Makrand Deshpande

Fakir

Makrand Deshpande

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Mary Guyer

NASA Controller

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Mayuri Bagade

Book Store Girl

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