MANTHAN
(THE CHURNING)
Produced by 500,000 farmers who contributed 2 ruppes each towards the making of the film, “Manthan” is a powerful film about the tempestuous winds of change that blow through a village when an idealistic veterinary surgeon from the city arrives in the village to start a milk cooperative movement. His notions of equitable distribution of profits irrespective of class and caste and freedom from exploitative middlemen, churn up a maelstrom of mistrust, anger and resistance among the feudal landlords and the peasants, threatening the deep-rooted social hierarchy based on generations of discrimination. The story plumbs the depths of despair as Dr. Rao faces false accusations and village politics, but ends on a high with a glimmering of change as the idea of the cooperative slowly takes root.
Year of production: 1975
Country: India
Duration: 134 minutes
Credits
- Shyam BENEGAL Director
- Vijay TENDULKAR Screenplay
- Kaifi AZMI Screenplay
Casting
- Girish KARNAD Dr. Rao
- Smita PATIL Bindu
- Naseeruddin SHAH Bhola
- Anant NAG Chandavarkar
- Amrish PURI Mishraji
- Kulbushan KHARBANDA Sarpanch
- Mohan AGASHE Deshmukh
- Sadhu MEHER Mahapatra
- Rajendra JASPAL Bindu's Husband
- Abha DHULIA Shanta, Dr Rao's Wife
- Anjali PAIGANKAR
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Contacts
Production
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SAHYADRI FILMS
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400034
MUMBAI Indiasbenegal@gmail.com
International sales
- FILM HERITAGE FOUNDATIONshivendra@filmheritagefoundation.co.in
