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Manthan

Manthan
★ 6.6/10•1976•2h 14m•U•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.

Vijay Tendulkar · Screenplay

Kaifi Azmi · Writer

Shyam Benegal · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 14m
LanguageHI
Release DateOct 1, 1976

Actors

Girish Karnad

Girish Karnad

Dr. Manohar Rao

Smita Patil

Smita Patil

Bindu

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Bhola

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Sarpanch

Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Ganga Prasad Mishra

Mohan Agashe

Mohan Agashe

Deshmukh

Anant Nag

Anant Nag

Chandavarkar

Sadhu Meher

Sadhu Meher

Savita Bajaj

Savita Bajaj

Abha Dhulia

Shanta

Anjali Paigankar

Hriday Lani

Bhagwan Tiwari

Bhagwan Tiwari

Suresh Bedi

Manubhai Patel

Vijay Padukone

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