Drama

Manthan

Name: Manthan
Director: Shyam Benegal
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-10-01
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amrish Puri

October 1, 1976

2h 14m

TMDB6.7· 14

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.