Manthan (1976)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 14 mins

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Although the film suggests in its opening title, ‘500,000 farmers of Gujarat present ...’, that it was publicly financed, it was in fact made through the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), a controversial organisation headed by Dr V. Kurien, who shares a script credit. Established in 1965 to regularise milk co-operatives and to enhance their productivity with new technology, the NDDB was accused of aggravating India’s foreign debt and of diverting resources destined to help the rural poor into servicing the urban upper-class market. Made during this controversy to enhance the NDDB’s image, Manthan tells a version of the organisation’s early years when corrupt local politicians, middlemen and an uneducated community’s prejudices had to be overcome to create local co-operatives. Karnad plays what is presumably a fictional version of Dr Kurien himself while Kharbanda is the villainous Sarpanch (village head). Shah and Patil represent the voices of progress among the peasantry. The Andhra Hindi spoken in Ankur (1973) and Nishant (1975) is here replaced by Gujarati Hindi.

Cast: Girish Karnad, Smita Patil

Crew: Shyam Benegal (Director), Govind Nihalani (Director of Photography), Vanraj Bhatia (Music Director)

Genres: Drama

Release Dates: 01 Jan 1976 (India)

Hindi Name: मंथन

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Did you know? The film was produced by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., a group of 500,000 farmers. It dealt with the White Revolution in India and is the film with the largest number of individual investors. Read More
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as Dr Rao
as Bindu
as Mishraji
as Chandravarkar
as Sarpanch
as Bhola
Supporting Actor

Direction

Director

Writers

Dialogue Writer

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography

Music

Music Director
Playback Singer

Editorial

Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Tracklist
06:32

Music Director: Vanraj Bhatia
Playback Singer: Preeti Sagar
Trivia:
The film was produced by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., a group of 500,000 farmers. It dealt with the White Revolution in India and is the film with the largest number of individual investors.