Drama
Manthan
A veterinarian, Dr. Rao, makes a visit to a village, where he intends to commence a co-operative society dairy for the betterment of the rural people. The film is set against the backdrop of the White Revolution of India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970. It was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each.
Directed by Shyam Benegal
68
User score
15 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 1, 1976
Runtime
2h 14m
Language
Hindi
Top cast
Girish Karnad
Dr. Manohar Rao
Smita Patil
Bindu
Naseeruddin Shah
Bhola
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Sarpanch
Amrish Puri
Ganga Prasad Mishra
Mohan Agashe
Deshmukh
Anant Nag
Chandavarkar
Sadhu Meher
Savita Bajaj
Abha Dhulia
Shanta
Anjali Paigankar
Hriday Lani
Bhagwan Tiwari
Suresh Bedi
Manubhai Patel
Vijay Padukone
Rajendra Jaspal
Bindu's Husband
Salim Ghouse
Amar Sandhu
