

Manthan
October 1, 1976•2h 14m•★ 7.1
Drama
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.
Director
Shyam BenegalCast

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