Swades

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.

Cast

Shah Rukh Khan

as Mohan Bhargav

Gayatri Joshi

as Gita

Kishori Balal

as Kaveri Amma

Smith Seth

as Chiku

Lekh Tandon

as Dadaji

Rajesh Vivek

as Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav

Daya Shankar Pandey

as Mela Ram

Farrukh Jaffar

as Fatima Bi

Vishnudutt Gaur

as Vishnu Dutt (Panchayat member)

Raja Awasthi

as Panch Gungadin

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