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  • 2004
  • Kathi Arts
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2004
  • Kathi Arts
  • 1 h 47 m
Shwaas

Summary An emotional story about a villager who brings his grandson to a town doctor, only to learn that the child is a one-in-a-million victim of retinoblastoma-a rare retinal cancer. The operation will save his life but leave him blind. While the grandfather struggles through the situation courageously, things happen in such a way that makes h...

Directed By: Sandeep Sawant

Written By: Sandeep Sawant

  • 2004
  • Kathi Arts
  • 1 h 47 m
  • 2004
  • Kathi Arts
  • 1 h 47 m

Shwaas

Metascore Generally Unfavorable
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Summary An emotional story about a villager who brings his grandson to a town doctor, only to learn that the child is a one-in-a-million victim of retinoblastoma-a rare retinal cancer. The operation will save his life but leave him blind. While the grandfather struggles through the situation courageously, things happen in such a way that makes h...

Directed By: Sandeep Sawant

Written By: Sandeep Sawant

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
36
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
36
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75% Mixed
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25% Negative
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50
While the film sometimes plays like an hour TV medical drama padded to reach feature length, Sawant achieves touching, naturalistic performances from a fine ensemble cast.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
50
An old-fashioned soaper that will please or not, depending on a viewer's tolerance for schmaltz.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
40
The simplicity of the tale becomes a bit tedious.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
30
Takes a potential hot-button premise--the callous indifference of the Indian medical bureaucracy toward the lower classes--and dramatizes it in the most shameless way possible.
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Release Date Dec 10, 2004
Duration 1 h 47 m
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Website http://www.shwaasthemovie.com/
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Awards

National Film Awards, India
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Kerala International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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