Swarg

Swarg
Poster
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Screenplay byAnees Bazmee
Story byAshapurna Devi
Based onJog Biyog
by Ashapurna Devi
Produced byNandu G Tolani
StarringRajesh Khanna
Govinda
Juhi Chawla
Madhavi
Edited byDavid Dhawan
Music byAnand–Milind
Distributed byParas Films International
Release date
  • 18 May 1990 (1990-05-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Swarg (transl. Heaven) is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by David Dhawan, released in 1990. It stars Rajesh Khanna, Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Madhavi in lead roles. Swarg is the fourth last certified hit of Rajesh Khanna, as this was followed by Begunaah, Ghar Parivaar and Rupaye Dus Karod in the year 1991. The movie is loosely based on the 1967 movie Mehrban starring Ashok Kumar, which itself was a remake of the 1960 Tamil movie Padikkadha Medhai which in turn was a remake of 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog.[1] based on the novel of same name by Ashapoorna Devi.[2] Swarg was remade in Telugu as Indra Bhavanam, in Odia as Bhai Hela Bhagari, in Bengali as Annadata and in Nepali as Izzatadar , twice in Bangladesh as Sneher Protidhan and Ke Apon Ke Por (2011).

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  2. ^ Ravikumar, V.A. (5 August 2016). "திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி!" [Pioneer of the open air theater!]. The Hindu Tamil (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.