Swades

Mohan Bhargav

Gita

Kaveri amma

Chiku (as Master Smith Seth)

Dadaji - Freedom Fighter

Nivaran Dayal Shrivastav

Mela Ram

Fatima Bi

(as Visshwa S. Badola)

Vinod (as Rahul Vora)

(as Bachan Pachera)

John Stockton

Fakir

NASA Controller

Command and Control Center Operator (uncredited)

The mahurat (start-of-filming prayer) was done on 2 January 2004 and was given by Aamir Khan.

For authenticity, Ashutosh Gowariker shot a scene at Launch Pad 39A, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This is the first Indian film to actually be shot inside the NASA research center.

The film was originally titled " Desh" but changed later to " Swades".

When Mohan speaks to his colleague Vinod for the first time from postmaster's office in charanpur, the background shows daylight, also vinod's background shows broad daylight, however, due to geography, it should be night time, at one of the places.

In the book store where Mohan meets Geeta for the first time, while billing he mistakenly checks the price for Hindi book "Bal Bharti" and bills for Mathematics.

In the beginning of the song "Yeh Raasta Hai"(after picking up the stranger en route to Charanpur), the song is shown as being played on the caravan's stereo. But in the shots of the media player, it doesn't display anything, indicating that it is actually not switched on.

Mela Ram: Apni chaukhat ka diya, giving light to neighbor's house

Mohan Bhargav: I'm only speaking of things I've experienced while living here. And that is that we keep fighting among ourselves when we must fight against illiteracy, over-population & corruption. Everyday, in our streets & homes, each one of us keeps saying their is no future of this country. This country is on the path of destruction. If we keep saying this, we will one day actually land up there. You'll need to do something about this. You too! Not just the members of the Panchayat but everyone in the village. You're blaming Panchayat for your problems. But when you step into their shoes, you'll do the same thing. This applies to me too. The dalits blame the brahmins and brahmins claim that their piety is despoiled by the dalits. The blacksmith & potter blame the moneylender. The land owners blame the peasants, but they don't give them their rights. In what way are we great then? If we have problems in the village, we point our finger at the State and the State at someone else. We all are finding fault with each other! But the true fact is that we're all to be blamed. Because the problem is us. Me, you, all of us...

Fatima Bi: Apne hi paani me mil jaana barf ka muqqadar hota hai.