Swami (1977 film)

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| name = Swami

| image = Swami (1977 film).jpg

| caption = Poster

| producer = Jaya Charavarty

| director = Basu Chatterjee

| writer = Manu Bhandari (dialogue)
Basu Chatterjee (writer)
Sharat Chandra Chatterji (story)

| starring = Shabana Azmi
Vikram
Girish Karnad
Deepak Kumar

| music = Rajesh Roshan
Amit Khanna (lyrics)

| cinematography = K. K. Mahajan

| editing =

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1977}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

}}

Swami is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language romance drama film directed by Basu Chatterjee and produced by Jaya Chakravarty. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Vikram, Girish Karnad and Utpal Dutt. Hema Malini and Dharmendra made guest appearances together in the film. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan. The film was shot in location in Dahisar, Mumbai and the Dahisar River Banks.{{cite news |last1=Lokpally |first1=Vijay |title=Swami (1977) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/swami-1977/article6267925.ece |accessdate=5 August 2024 |work=The Hindu |date=31 July 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614150144/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/swami-1977/article6267925.ece |archivedate=14 June 2018}}

Plot

"Saudamini" is a bright village girl with academic ambitions and an appetite for literature and philosophy. Her intellectual uncle indulges her brainy bent, encouraging her studies and patching up the petty ongoing conflicts with her mother, a pious widow whose only concern is to see Mini married, and quickly. Mini is in love with Narendra (Vikram), the Zamindar's son, a student in Calcutta who on his visits brings her Victorian literature, listens raptly to her discourse, and is bold enough to kiss her opportunistically when caught together in a rainstorm. However circumstances conspire against Mini and Narendra, and Mini finds herself married against her wishes to Ghanshyam a wheat trader from a neighboring village. While her husband treats her with a patience which she finds perplexing, Mini struggles to become accustomed to life in her new home. And then Narendra returns. How does she resolve her dilemma?

Cast

Shabana Azmi as Saudamini
Girish Karnad as Ghanshyam{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1=Movies |title=Girish Karnad — actor with a conscience |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/girish-karnad-actor-with-a-conscience/article27766553.ece |accessdate=26 June 2019 |publisher=Namrata Joshi |date=10 June 2019 }}
Utpal Dutt as Mini's uncle
Vikram Makandar as Narendra
Sudha Shivpuri as Mini's mother
Shashikala as Ghanshyam's step-mother
Preeti Ganguly as Charu Devi
Hema Malini as a Nautanki dancer (special appearance)
Dharmendra as a Nautanki dancer (special appearance)
Dheeraj Kumar as Nikhil
Ritu Kamal as Shobha
Deepak Kumar as Deepak, Charu's prospective groom
Vinita Dutt as Mukta
Kedarnath Saigal as Mukhiya ji
Amol Sen as Jagannath - sarvant in Ghanshyam's house
Kartik Dutt as Ramu

Soundtrack

The music is by Rajesh Roshan, who received a Filmfare nomination for composing memorable numbers like Kishore Kumar's "Yaadon Mein Woh", Yesudas's "Kaa Karoon Sajni" and Lata Mangeshkar's "Pal Bhar Mein Yeh Kya Ho Gaya".