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.
Director:
Shyam Benegal
Writer:
Vijay Tendulkar
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Girish Karnad as Dr. Manohar Rao |
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Smita Patil as Bindu |
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Naseeruddin Shah as Bhola |
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Sarpanch |
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Amrish Puri as Ganga Prasad Mishra |
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Mohan Agashe as Deshmukh |
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Anant Nag as Chandavarkar |
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Sadhu Meher as |
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Savita Bajaj as |
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Abha Dhulia as Shanta |
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Anjali Paigankar as |
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Hriday Lani as |
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Bhagwan Tiwari as |
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Suresh Bedi as |
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Manubhai Patel as |
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Vijay Padukone as |
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Rajendra Jaspal as Bindu's Husband |
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Salim Ghouse as |
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Amar Sandhu as |
| Writing | Vijay Tendulkar | Screenplay |
| Sound | Vanraj Bhatia | Music |
| Editing | Bhanudas Divakar | Editor |
| Writing | Kaifi Azmi | Writer |
| Directing | Shyam Benegal | Director |
| Writing | Verghese Kurien | Story |
| Writing | Shyam Benegal | Story |
| Crew | Govind Nihalani | Cinematography |
| Editing | P.G. Mulay | Colorist |
| Directing | Girish Ghanekar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Prahlad Kakar | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dayal Nihalani | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kalpana Lajmi | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Swadesh Pal | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Panchami Ghanekar | Costume Designer |
| Camera | K. Kanti | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yusuf Sheikh | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Mohammad Hussain Kalsikar | Sound |
| Sound | Hitendra Ghosh | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mangesh Desai | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Shama Zaidi | Art Direction |
| Crew | Dina Pathak | Dialect Coach |
| Writing | Niti Sagar | Lyricist |
| Sound | Priti Sagar | Playback Singer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vishwanath Govekar | Makeup Artist |
