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Swades

Swades is inspired by the story of Aravinda Pillalamarri and Ravi Kuchimanchi the NRI couple who returned to India and developed the pedal power generator to light remote, off-the-grid village schools.

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 ...

Shahrukh doesn't want to work with Ashutosh

Swades might have been one of his critically most appreciated roles but Shahrukh Khan loves commercial success more than anything. This is perhaps the only explanation as to why Shahrukh turned down Ashutosh Gowariker's offer to star in his next movie. ...

SRK's leading lady delivers a baby boy

Gayatri Joshi, the lead actress of the blockbuster Swades, who made impressive headlines even as she held her own, irrespective of the magnanimous presence of the Shahrukh 'King' Khan, has given birth to the second child on Sunday, at the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai. ...

Shahrukh is a friend in need

Shahrukh Khan's generosity in helping his friends and colleagues is well known. Even not so prominent banners and miniscule roles do not deter the large hearted Khan in lending a helping hand to friends in need. ...

"Chak De India is very on beat": Shahrukh

Courtesy: IndiaFMMonday, August 06, 2007 "I don't think Shimit and Adi are the kind of people who'd make an off beat film," says Shahrukh Khan discarding rumours that his next film Chak De India is another attempt by him at off beat cinema. ...

The Blue Umbrella, Fear to release online

Courtesy: IndiaFMMonday, August 06, 2007 UTV Motion Pictures is set to redefine the landscape of film distribution by aggressively leveraging generation next technology. UTV announced tie-ups with three portals that will premiere UTV Motion Picture's two forthcoming film r...

The directors then and now

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 Be it a smash hit or a miserable flop, the credit or discredit of a film always goes to the director. ...

Face off: What's in an image...

By: Shweta Vepa, IndiaFM Wednesday, June 28, 2006 The word Bollywood conjures up images of a rosy world. But for most, it's a jungle out there. Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest certainly holds true here. Mediocrity ...

<i>Veer-Zaara</i> premiered in Paris

By: Taran Adarsh, IndiaFM Thursday, May 04, 2006 After winning the hearts of people in major parts of the world, Yash Chopra's Veer-Zaara cast its magical spell in Europe. After positive reactions from the German media at the 55th ...

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