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Manthan

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Manthan

Oct 1, 1976

2h 14m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd.

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Cast

Girish Karnad

Dr. Manohar Rao

Girish Karnad

Smita Patil

Bindu

Smita Patil

Naseeruddin Shah

Bhola

Naseeruddin Shah

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Sarpanch

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Amrish Puri

Ganga Prasad Mishra

Amrish Puri

Mohan Agashe

Deshmukh

Mohan Agashe

Anant Nag

Chandavarkar

Anant Nag

Sadhu Meher

Sadhu Meher

Savita Bajaj

Savita Bajaj

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Anjali Paigankar

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Hriday Lani