Swades

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Swades

Released Dec 17, 2004

3h 15m

Drama

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Living in America, a NASA engineer (Shah Rukh Khan) returns to India and reconnects with a childhood friend (Gayatri Joshi) and his former wet nurse.

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Manish Gajjar

BBC.com

Swades is most probably the best film of 2004.

Oct 31, 2017

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Allan T. Sutherland

Time Out

Gowariker's follow-up to his Oscar nominated 'Lagaan' is a generally effective, entertaining and, at times, deeply moving 'journey of personal discovery'.

Feb 9, 2006

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Derek Elley

Variety

Gowariker's unforced shooting style is the same as in Lagaan, but this time is let down by a schematic, non-dramatic script.

Dec 21, 2004

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Jimmy Cage

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SWADES is a beautiful, moving and just damn honest film with a fantastic Shahrukh Khan in the lead.

Rated: 9/10

Apr 8, 2022

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Gary Wolcott

Tri-City Herald

To his credit, director Ashutosh Gowariker's movie is beautiful and you'll fall in love with the characters.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 31, 2017

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Jitesh Pillai

The Times of India

Swades is undoubtedly the No 1 movie of the year.

Oct 31, 2017

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demotherapy

The movie tries to build a garish structure on a very weak scaffolding.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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Rishav C

It's a massive masterpiece, god SRK, swadeshi not just a movie it's emotions 😘💋💝💖💘,mohan 🙏😘💘💘

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/07/24

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Niloy D

Cinematic masterpiece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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joseph c

It's amazing to be a visionary.. After almost 20 years this movie "SWADES" shines with a bang! The Characters , Cinematography, Songs, BGM & everything is amazing!! Songs especially "Yuhi Chala Chal Ra...", "Swades Mere..." Hooo wooa!😍 Another Level ka. Don't know why, but.. some people can't even trust the good deeds of others and their own capabilities. I am writing this review in 2023. Let me be clear, in my opinion this is The Best Film Of MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SHAHRUKH's career😍❤️‍🔥🤗. Undoubtedly, the most relevant Darshan movie of those decades. Here it is 2024. 20th year... After 2 decades.. Still, this film has not depreciated, it has raised, tripled and will continue..

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/24/23

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Khemraj N

Masterpiece, No words.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/24/23

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Dax D

This movie really made me remind how great my country is. We Indians are really adapting the western culture but ignoring our unique and beautiful tradition and culture. Overall a really beautiful movie just the pacing is a bit slow.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/23

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Mohan Bhargav

Gayatri Joshi

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Smith Seth

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Synopsis

Living in America, a NASA engineer (Shah Rukh Khan) returns to India and reconnects with a childhood friend (Gayatri Joshi) and his former wet nurse.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Producer: Ashutosh Gowariker
Screenwriter: Ashutosh Gowariker, K.P. Saxena
Production Co: Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt. Ltd., UTV Motion Pictures, Dillywood
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 17, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 9, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 3h 15m

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