The Churning

Manthan

This potent, political landmark of Indian independent filmmaking – famously funded by 500,000 farmers – explores the ugly truths of class and caste in rural Gujarat.

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Credits

  • Director

    Shyam Benegal

  • Screenwriters

    V. Kurien, Shyam Benegal

  • With

    Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah

  • India 1976. 134min

  • Courtesy of

    Film Heritage Foundation

  • Language

    Hindi

    With English subtitles

Introduction

When a city vet arrives in a poor village, he encounters shocking inequalities. Attempting to pay the dairy farmers a fair price for their milk, he rocks deep-rooted hierarchies and the stability of village life. Based on the true story of the world’s biggest dairy development programme, this is an extraordinary portrait of social change and the power of cinema itself.

Robin Baker

Restored by Film Heritage Foundation at Prasad Corporation Pvt. Ltd.’s Post – Studios, Chennai and L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, in association with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul), the cinematographer Govind Nihalani and the director Shyam Benegal. Funding supported by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.(Amul).

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