1976
6.9 (11 votes)
2h 14m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd.
The Churning (मंथन)
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Vijay Tendulkar
Writer: Kaifi Azmi
Director: Shyam Benegal
Story: Verghese Kurien, Shyam Benegal
Top Cast
Smita Patil
Bindu
Girish Karnad
Dr. Manohar Rao
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Sarpanch
Naseeruddin Shah
Bhola
Mohan Agashe
Deshmukh
Anant Nag
Chandavarkar
Amrish Puri
Ganga Prasad Mishra
