Manthan (1976)

6.7/10 134 min Drama

Overview

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.

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

Bhagwan Tiwari

Salim Ghouse

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