Swati (1986 film)
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| Directed by | Kranthi Kumar |
| Produced by | L.V. Prasad |
| Written by | Kranthi Kumar |
| Starring |
Meenakshi Sheshadri Shashi Kapoor Sharmila Tagore Madhuri Dixit Vinod Mehra Akbar Khan Sarika |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Hari Anumolu |
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Release date
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April 24, 1986 (India) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Swati is a 1986 Bollywood romantic drama film directed by Kranthi Kumar. The film belongs to the art house cinematic genre, known in India as parallel cinema.
The film stars Meenakshi Sheshadri in the title role alongside an ensemble star cast consisting of Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Madhuri Dixit, Vinod Mehra, Akbar Khan and Sarika. Upon its release the film gained immense critical acclaim.
Sharda (Sharmila Tagore) is in love with a young man named Satya Prakash. Sharda becomes pregnant and Satya Prakash wants to marry her as soon as possible. He went out to get marriage date fixed with panditji. But few goons come and attack him and in process he kills one goon. At the same time few goons attack Sharda and tell her Satya Prakash has sold her and they try to gang rape her. But somehow she manage to run away. She gets heartbroken when her boyfriend doesn't return and believes what goons have told her. She decides to keep the child, names her Swati, re-locates to a small town in Southern India and finds employment as a nurse with Dr. Rajendra. Years later Swati (Meenakshi Sheshadri) has grown up to be an assertive young woman, who is not only outspoken but quite capable of physically defending herself, but her attitude alienates her and Sharda from the community in general. She befriends Ram Mohan, an activist, who is often in trouble with the police. With no one to look after her mother after she gets married, Swati asks Rajendra, now a widower, to marry Sharda, to which he agrees. The marriage takes place, and both move in to live a wealthy lifestyle with Rajendra and his daughter, Anandi(Madhuri Dixit). Rajendra and Sharda decide to find a suitable groom for Swati, but before that could happen Anandi finds out that she is pregnant with her boyfriend child. So Swati and Sharda hides this and Swati existence from Anandi's-in-law. So Swati moves out, while Anandi's marriage takes place with Prasad Chiranjivi Gupta. But Sharda's troubles with Swati are far from over ;as Sharda long-lost boyfriend,Satya Prakash will soon return into her life;turning Sharda's and Swati's life upside down.
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