Manthan (1976)
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.
Cast
Girish Karnad
Dr. Manohar Rao
Smita Patil
Bindu
Naseeruddin Shah
Bhola
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Sarpanch
Amrish Puri
Ganga Prasad Mishra
Mohan Agashe
Deshmukh
Anant Nag
Chandavarkar
Sadhu Meher
Savita Bajaj
Bhagwan Tiwari
Salim Ghouse
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