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Set in modern day India, Swades is a film that tackles the issues that development throws up on a grass root level. It is to this India, which is colorful, heterogeneous and complex that Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan), a bright young scientist working as a project manager in NASA, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny.
The film uses the contrast between the highly developed world of NASA, which has been at the forefront of advances in space research, and this world back home in India, which is at the crossroads of development. Mohan's simple quest becomes the journey that every one of us goes through in search of that metaphysical and elusive place called "home".
The Beginning
The idea of Swades was first born before Ashutosh wrote and directed Lagaan, but he decided to realize it on film only after Lagaan. He wanted to produce the film himself but realized that the responsibility of managing a production while assuming the dual role of direction at the same time was immense and would be possible only if his wife Sunita Gowariker agreed to execute the production at his side. Sunita decided to take up the task and in December 2002, Ashutosh set up his own production house and turned producer in order to bring Swades onto the big screen.
The film uses the contrast between the highly developed world of NASA, which has been at the forefront of advances in space research, and this world back home in India, which is at the crossroads of development. Mohan's simple quest becomes the journey that every one of us goes through in search of that metaphysical and elusive place called "home".
The Beginning
The idea of Swades was first born before Ashutosh wrote and directed Lagaan, but he decided to realize it on film only after Lagaan. He wanted to produce the film himself but realized that the responsibility of managing a production while assuming the dual role of direction at the same time was immense and would be possible only if his wife Sunita Gowariker agreed to execute the production at his side. Sunita decided to take up the task and in December 2002, Ashutosh set up his own production house and turned producer in order to bring Swades onto the big screen.
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