Swa. Le. is a 2009 Malayalam film directed and co-produced by debuting filmmaker P. Sukumar and scripted by Kalavoor Ravikumar. Dileep and Gopika play the lead roles while Nedumudi Venu, Innocent and Salim Kumar play major supporting roles. The title Swa. Le. is a short form of Swantham Lekhakan or the staff reporter.The film tells the story of a staff reporter working in a newspaper who slogs himself off to make both ends meet.