The Churning (1976)
October 1, 1976Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Smita Patil
Bindu
Girish Karnad
Dr. Manohar Rao
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Sarpanch
Naseeruddin Shah
Bhola
Mohan Agashe
Deshmukh
Anant Nag
Chandavarkar
Amrish Puri
Ganga Prasad Mishra
Sadhu Meher
Savita Bajaj
Abha Dhulia
Anjali Paigankar
Abha Ranjan
Shanta Rao
Vijay Tendulkar
Screenplay
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Kaifi Azmi
Writer
Shyam Benegal
Director / Story
Verghese Kurien
Story
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
P.G. Mulay
Colorist
Girish Ghanekar
Assistant Director
Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Kalpana Lajmi
Assistant Director
Swadesh Pal
Costume Designer
Panchami Ghanekar
Costume Designer
K. Kanti
Assistant Camera
Yusuf Sheikh
Assistant Camera
Mohammad Hussain Kalsikar
Sound
Vishwanath Govekar
Makeup Artist
Hitendra Ghosh
Sound Recordist
Mangesh Desai
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Shama Zaidi
Art Direction
Dina Pathak
Dialect Coach
Niti Sagar
Lyricist
Priti Sagar
Playback Singer
Amar Sandhu
Hriday Lani
Bhagwan Tiwari
Suresh Bedi
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1976
Original Nameमंथन
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 14m
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This Movie Is About.
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Manthan, also released under the translated title The Churning, is a 1976 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien, and written jointly by him and Vijay Tendulkar. It is set amidst the backdrop of the White Revolution of India. Aside from the great measurable success that this project was, it also demonstrated the power of "collective might" as it was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each. Manthan is the first crowdfunded Indian film.
The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Vijay Tendulkar, and was also India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1976. A restored version was released in the Cannes Classics section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
The title song ("Mero Gaam Katha Parey") was sung by Preeti Sagar. She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for that year. The song was later used as the soundtrack for the television commercial for Amul.