Manthan

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 1976

Original language

Hindi

Spoken languages

Hindi

Countries

India

Production

Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd.

Cast

Vijay Padukone,Manubhai Patel,Amrish Puri,Anant Nag,Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Rajendra Jaspal,Abha Dhulia,Amar Sandhu,Hriday Lani,Suresh Bediand 9 more

Director

Shyam Benegal

Writer

Vijay Tendulkar,Niti Sagar,Kaifi Azmi,Shyam Benegal,Verghese Kurien

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0074858