generation facility from a nearby water source. Mohan purchases all the equipment needed from his own funds and oversees the building of the power generation unit. The unit works and the village gets sufficient, consistent power from it. Dadaji's health deteriorates and he passes away. Mohan is repeatedly called by NASA officials as the GPM project he was working on is reaching important stages and he has to return to the U. S. soon. Kaveri Amma tells him that she prefers to stay in Charanpur as it will be difficult for her to adapt to a new country at her age. Geeta also tells him that she will not settle down in another country and she would prefer it if Mohan stay in India with her and Kaveri Amma. Mohan returns to the U. S. with a heavy heart to complete the project. However, in the U. S., he has flashbacks of his time in India and wishes to return. After the successful completion of his project, he leaves U. S. and returns to India with intentions of working at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, from where he can also work with NASA. The film ends by showing Mohan staying in the village and wrestling with his friend Nivaaran near a temple. Cast Shah Rukh Khan as Mohan Bhargav Gayatri Joshi as Geeta "Gitli" (Chiku's elder sister and Mohan's childhood friend/love interest) Kishori Ballal as Kaveri Amma (Mohan's nanny) Rajesh Vivek as Nivaaran Dayal Srivastava (Postman at Charanpur) Lekh Tandon as Dadaji Daya Shankar Pandey as Mela Ram (A eatery owner at Charanpur) Smith Sheth as Nandan "Chiku" (Geeta's younger brother) Bachan Pachehra as Haridas Vishnu Dutt Gaur as Mr. Vishnu Dutt (Charanpur Panchayat Member) Farrukh Jaffar as Panch Fatima Bi Visshwa Badola as Panch Munishwar Bhim Vakani as Panch Narayan Dilip Ambekar as Panch Hariya Raja Awasthi as Panch Gungadin Rahul Vohra as Vinod Raaz Rajesh Balwani as Rahul Sinha Peter Rawley as John Stockton Mayuri Bagade as Book Store Girl Makrand Deshpande as traveller who shows Mohan the way to Charanpur Production Inspiration Swades is inspired by the story of Aravinda Pillalamarri and Ravi Kuchimanchi, the non-resident Indian couple who returned to India and developed a pedal power generator to light remote, off-the-grid village schools. Gowariker spent considerable time with Pillalamarri and Kuchimanchi, both dedicated Association for India's Development (AID) volunteers. He supposedly visited Bilgaon, an Adivasi village