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Swami is a 2007 Indian Hindi drama film, directed and also choreographed by Ganesh Acharya and Screenplay Muazzam Beg. The main cast consists of Juhi Chawla and Manoj Bajpai. In a first of its kind attempt, the background music score of Swami was recorded before shooting the film. The music of this Hindi film is by Nitz 'N' Sony (Nitin Arora & Sony Chandy). Nitz 'N' Sony are the First Music Composers in the history of World Cinema, to have recorded the Background Music Score of a Movie, even before the film was shot. Also, they are the first one's to have recorded a Folk Ganpati Mandal (The Best in Maharashtra), live in 5.1 channels, overnight in an open-air makeshift studio, constructed specifically in an open ground in Film City Mumbai; for the movie Swami. This is the only 5.1 recording of a Folk Ganpati Mandal ever done. The Music of the film has been incorporated in a U.S film school curriculam as well, while drawing immense critical acclaim from music critiques worldwide. The film has a certain innocence about it, a high emotional connect, as well as a deep running spiritual quotient; which earned it huge critical acclaim. It was the debut movie of ace Choreographer Ganesh Acharya & hence credited as, "A film Choreographed by Ganesh Acharya". It is also one of the finest films in the career of Manoj Bajpai & Juhi Chawla.
Actors: Brahmanandam (actor), Mani Sharma (composer), V.T. Vijayan (editor), Manoj Kumar Manchu (actor), Chandrasekhar Yeleti (writer), Chandrasekhar Yeleti (writer), Chandrasekhar Yeleti (director), Mahesh Shankar (composer), Payal Ghosh (actress), Janardhan (actor), Harika (actress), Kalpika (actress), K.K. Radhakrishna Kumar (writer), Sita Ratnam Yeleti (producer), Daneil (actor),
Genres: Romance,Actors: Ganesh Acharya (producer), Amitabh Bachchan (actor), Manoj Bajpayee (actor), Kuldip K. Mehan (editor), Ganesh Acharya (director), Sameer (writer), Vivek Shaq (actor), Juhi Chawla (actress), Ganesh Acharya (miscellaneous crew), Vijay Kashyap (actor), Sunil Saini (producer), Sachin Suresh Gurav (miscellaneous crew), Manmeet Singh (actor), Ashok Beniwal (actor), Nitin Arora (actor),
Plot: Swami, Radha and their kid shift to Mumbai after selling off their ancestral home in a village. In Mumbai, they get their kid admitted to a school that's patronized by children belonging to affluent families. Everything is going fine until Radha falls ill and is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Swami starts working overtime to raise funds for the operation, but Radha spends the entire amount on a chair that Swami wants to possess so dearly. Radha passes away with just one desire: The kid should settle down in America some day. How Swami works towards that dream is the remainder of the story.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Cheri Christian (actress), Pat Cusick (actor), Umashankar (producer), Umashankar (writer), Umashankar (editor), Umashankar (actor), Umashankar (director), Manoj Balraj (actor), Chris Rickwood (composer),
Plot: On a beautiful day, Swami, a contract agent for the FBI, is asked to interpret the conversation of Mahen, a criminal who has a history and the ability to escape without leaving a trace. Swami is assigned the task in case Mahen reveals something in the native language. Swami learns during Mahen's intimate conversation with his girlfriend Rachel that every obvious situation could have a different interpretation.
Keywords: independent-filmActors: Ahmed Lucan (actor), Eric Packham (actor), Nawaz Ameen (producer), Nawaz Ameen (director), Nawaz Ameen (writer), Nawaz Ameen (producer), George Howard Adams (actor), Shan Holleman (actress), Phillip E. Cook (editor), M.H. Akmal (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Suresh Oberoi (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Abhi Bhattacharya (actor), Sudha Chandran (actress), Coca Cola (actor), Asha Patel (actress), Iqbal Qureshi (composer), Bibhuti Bhushan (editor), Daya Dongre (actress), Anita Chopra (actress), Nazir Herekar (writer), Nazir Herekar (producer), Rishabh Shukla (actor), Nazir Herekar (director), Natasha (actress),
Plot: Abhijeet wants to finds a cure for people addicted to brown sugar and for this purpose works day and night. Although his widowed mom would like him to get married to Reena Chowdhury, who is the only daughter of Prof. Chowdhury, his boss, Abhijeet pleads that he is not yet ready for marriage. Nevertheless an engagement party is arranged, however, Abhijeet leaves abruptly. A furious Reena sets his laboratory on fire, leaving Abhijeet devastated and shattered so much so that he himself becomes addicted to brown sugar. No longer able to walk, confined to a wheelchair, his mom admits him in a recovery clinic run by Dr. Santosh. Here Abhijeet meets an attractive nurse, Sheetal, and falls in love with her. Sheetal helps him to recover and soon Abhijeet gets discharged. He would like to marry Sheetal, as his mom also approves of her. Then Abhijeet gets the shock of his life when he finds out that Sheetal is already married. Watch whether this discovery will cause a relapse in Abhijeet's health, and the reason why Sheetal chose to betray him in this manner.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Russell Lloyd (editor), Oliver Tobias (actor), Joe Abeywickrama (actor), Lester James Peries (director), Ravindra Randeniya (actor), Leigh Lawson (actor), Ann Loos (actress), Iranganie Serasinghe (actress), Vijaya Kumaratunga (actor), Sumitra Peries (editor), Dimitri De Grunwald (producer), Geoffrey Russell (actor), Nimal Mendis (composer), Douglas Wickremasinghe (actor), Anthony Greville-Bell (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Norman Jewison (producer), Ben Hecht (writer), George Kennedy (actor), Margot Kidder (actress), Beau Bridges (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), John Randolph (actor), Harry Holcombe (actor), Wilfrid Hyde-White (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Peter Brocco (actor), Don Keefer (actor), Brian Keith (actor), Norman Jewison (director), Henry Mancini (composer),
Plot: To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil takes him under her wing, gives him a room in her high-class bordello, and gets him a job at a newspaper. He's so sweet and dumb, he thinks Lil's is a boarding house. He's soon caught up in an electoral struggle between a secretly corrupt reformer and an openly corrupt councilman. Can Ben expose corruption or will he be caught up in allure of power? An alcoholic investigative reporter and the bordello's ingénue try to help him grow up.
Keywords: 1910s, archival-footage, aspiring-writer, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, blond, chicago-illinois, city-life, cleavage, communistActors: Jaime Mendoza-Nava (composer), John K. McCarthy (writer), Otis Greene (actor), John K. McCarthy (producer), John K. McCarthy (director), Leroy Daniels (actor), Eddie Beale (actor), Ernest Mayhand (actor), Cathy Cooper (actress), Georgia Carr (actress), Dave Anderson (actor), Carol 'Lynne' Stewart (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Chester Morris (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Jack Baxley (actor), Pedro de Cordoba (actor), Billy Dooley (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), J.P. McGowan (actor), Frank McHugh (actor), Robert McWade (actor), Grant Mitchell (actor), Edmund Mortimer (actor),
Genres: Mystery,Actors: F. McGrew Willis (miscellaneous crew), Tom Dugan (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), Ben Hendricks Jr. (actor), Ben Hendricks Jr. (actor), Louis Natheaux (actor), Edgar Norton (actor), George Ovey (actor), Franklin Pangborn (actor), Franklin Pangborn (actor), Tom Ricketts (actor), Elinor Fair (actress), Elinor Fair (actress), Rex Taylor (writer), Adrian (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy,Scene from Superhit hindi movie Swami (2007) starring Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla, Neha Pendse, Maninder, Siddharth Gupta Director: Ganesh Acharya, Music Director: Nitin Arora, Sony Chandy Producer: Pushpa Krishna Creation
Swami is a story of a middle class Maharashtrian Brahmin, who doesn't see life beyond his family. He doesn't have any wishes and dreams of his own. He just wants to fulfil the dreams of his family. Read more http://www.bollywoodarchive.com/movies/swami.html
Emotional scene from Superhit hindi movie Swami (2007) starring Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla, Neha Pendse, Maninder, Siddharth Gupta Director: Ganesh Acharya, Music Director: Nitin Arora, Sony Chandy Producer: Pushpa Krishna Creation
Singers: Hariharan & K S Chitra Actors: Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla Swami, a warm and simple man, lives in a village with his wife and son. The love and affection they share is endless and precious and they will go to any length to ensure the happiness of the other. Release date: June 8, 2007 (India) Director: Ganesh Acharya
Emotional scene from Superhit hindi movie Swami (2007) starring Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla, Neha Pendse, Maninder, Siddharth Gupta Director: Ganesh Acharya, Music Director: Nitin Arora, Sony Chandy Producer: Pushpa Krishna Creation
Emotional scene from Superhit hindi movie Swami (2007) starring Manoj Bajpai, Juhi Chawla, Neha Pendse, Maninder, Siddharth Gupta Director: Ganesh Acharya, Music Director: Nitin Arora, Sony Chandy Producer: Pushpa Krishna Creation