Manthan

(1976)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 15 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1976

Runtime: 134 мин

Country: India

Director: श्याम बेनेगल

Cast: Girish Karnad, स्मिता पाटिल, Naseeruddin Shah, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Амриш Пури, Mohan Agashe, Anant Nag, Sadhu Meher, Savita Bajaj, Abha Dhulia

Plot

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.