Did you know the mission that Shah Rukh Khan’s character in ‘Swades’ was working on was launched by NASA in 2014?

Ashutosh Gowariker’s second directorial venture ‘Swades’ won the hearts of the nation and the critics alike. With A.R. Rahman’s melodious music and Shah Rukh Khan’s passionate performance, ‘Swades’ has engraved its name in the annals of film history. But there’s one thing you probably don’t know about the film.Shah Rukh’s character Mohan Bhargava was shown working on a rainfall monitoring satellite known as the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), which was lifted into an orbit aboard a space shuttle. The GPM turned out to be an actual NASA mission, and was launched in 2014.