But Gowariker had a different dream. A quiet, strange, "un-cinematic" idea.
Critics praised it. Audiences who saw it wept. But multiplexes were empty. The common refrain? “Too slow. Too real. Too preachy.” swades movie director
He wanted to make a film about an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) NASA scientist who returns to a remote Indian village… and stays to fix a broken water pump. No villains. No songs in Swiss Alps. No fights. Just a man, a village, and the question: “What does home really mean?” But Gowariker had a different dream
When the film released in 2004, the box office verdict came swiftly: Audiences who saw it wept
Ashutosh Gowariker’s story became the very theme of Swades itself:
If you're looking for a good story centered on the director of the movie , that would be the acclaimed Indian filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker .