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From the Makers of LAGAAN Set in modern day India Swades (our Country) is a film that tackles the issues facing the citizens of this nation on a grass root level. A Country that is grappling with problems that development throws up, the India of Swades is colorful heterogeneous complex, with people of diverse cultures and attitudes. It is to this environment that Mohan Bhargava (Shahrukh Khan), a bright young scientist working as a project manager at NASA, returns to on a quest to find his childhood nanny. In his attempts to persuade Kaveriamma (Kishori Ballal ), the symbol to him of motherhood and family, to return to America with him, he gets drawn into the life of a village called Charanpur and finds himself searching for answers to the questions of progress and development that the village is facing. His curiosity is piqued by Gita (Gayatri Joshi) and admirable young woman teaching the village primary school, who chooses to live here despite problems like casteism, prejudice and a lack of basic amenities. The film uses the contrast between the highly developed NASA, which has
at the forefront of advances in space search, and this world back home in India,
which is at the cross roads of development. What was a simple mission by
nostalgia and affection, turns into a journey into the heartland of rural India,
both literally and metaphorically. His quest becomes a journey that every one of
us goes though in search of that metaphysical and elusive place called home.
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Title
Swades 
