Manthan (1976)

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.

Released

1976-10-01

Genres

Drama

Runtime

134 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Shyam Benegal, Vijay Tendulkar

TMDB rating

6.6/10 from 17 votes