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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1978)
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Setting
Set in Gujarat
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Music
Music by Vanraj Bhatia
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kaifi AzmiWriter
- Vijay TendulkarScreenplay
- Verghese KurienStory
- Shyam BenegalStory
- Original title
- मंथन
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 1, 1976
- Original language
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
Cast
Girish KarnadDr. Manohar Rao
Smita PatilBindu
Naseeruddin ShahBhola
Kulbhushan KharbandaSarpanch
Amrish PuriGanga Prasad Mishra
Mohan AgasheDeshmukh
Anant NagChandavarkar
Sadhu Meher
Savita Bajaj- Abha DhuliaShanta
- Anjali Paigankar
- Hriday Lani
Bhagwan Tiwari- Suresh Bedi
- Manubhai Patel
- Vijay Padukone
- Rajendra JaspalBindu's Husband
Salim Ghouse- Amar Sandhu
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