| Grade & Score (?) |
B+ (67%)
Avg Rating: 3.34/5 (67%) from 20 Reviews |
| Reviews (?) |
20 Reviews Counted: 14 Good / 3 Average / 3 Bad
|
| Cast |
Shahrukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi |
| Director |
Ashutosh Gowariker |
| Release Date |
December 17, 2004 |
| Website |
Official Site |
| Box Office Status |
Flop |
Synopsis
An important film with a great performance from Shahrukh Khan, however not commercial enough to make it sustain at the box office.
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Reviews
| Good Reviews | Average Reviews | Bad Reviews |
| 4.5 |
"a must watch film. You should go in with loads of popcorn, as its a little over three hours."
- Smash Hits |
| 4.5 |
"must be seen by every Indian, not to be educated about his or her countrys problems, but rather to be reminded about a responsibility to act and make a difference."
- Planet Bollywood |
| 4.5 |
"is so sincerely sublime and so intricately poignant, it brings to mind some of the most tragic interludes on the vicissitudes of The Great Indian Poverty, as seen in Satyajit Rays Pather Panchali and Bimal Roys Do Bigha Zameen."
- Glamsham |
| 4.5 |
"Theres an enchanting intimacy to Swades that invites you in without trying."
- Glamsham |
| 4.0 |
"Youll either hate it or love it but you surely cannot ignore it. Swades, even if in parts, is interesting cinema. "
- NDTV |
| 4.0 |
"in an entire career that spans a string of no-brainer, schmaltzy cinema hot off the shelves of Bollywoods money-making masala stores, this is the by far, the most significant film Khan has done yet. "
- Mid-Day |
| 4.0 |
"is undoubtedly the No 1 movie of the year."
- IndiaTimes |
| 3.5 |
"is what, in the good old days before everything became streamlined, would be known as art cinema except with a visible commercial face. Go for it."
- Teen Station |
| 3.5 |
"It takes conviction in one's belief to make a movie like this, to swim against the tide so to say. "
- Full Hyderabad |
| 3.5 |
"needs mental preparation to view it in the context and length it has been made. If you don't look for those finer aspects of honesty and realism, you cannot enjoy it!"
- The Hindu |
| 3.3 |
"The film is good and wonderfully innovative for todays times, but lacks commercial value for the hoi polloi in India."
- RadioSargam |
| 3.0 |
" None of the characters leave an impact! Shahrukh Khan is brilliant. Debutante Gayatri makes an impression. But the film does not! "
- B4U |
| 3.0 |
"it is a good film highlighting a national cause.. but could turn out to be a flop in the commercial point of view."
- Subhash Jha |
| 3.0 |
"While some may hail this film as a masterpiece, yet others would like to refer to it as archaic and regressive. The latter is the verdict of the masses."
- Bollyvista |
| 2.8 |
"is worth watching once only. You will guaranteed be bored the second time."
- ApunKaChoice |
| 2.5 |
"is a movie that should be seen, preaching notwithstanding."
- Times Of India |
| 2.5 |
"Gowariker's intentions behind making Swades is admirable. He no doubt is loyal to creativity but perhaps the homage to his Indian culture is the only thing that will remain virulent in the flick."
- IndiaInfo |
| 1.5 |
"will be remembered as a good opportunity gone waste. Businesswise, not much to look forward to in swades as well as videsh."
- IndiaFM |
| 1.5 |
"There is so much morality thrown at you that it soon ceases to be a feature film. It just becomes one long, giant moral science lesson."
- Rediff |
| 1.5 |
"disappoints big time. There are too many times when the movie seems to stand still and at a three-hour plus running time, you want Gowariker to just get on with it."
- Bollywood Premiere |
