Manthan
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| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
| Produced by | Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. |
| Written by | Kaifi Azmi (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Vijay Tendulkar |
| Story by | Verghese Kurien & Shyam Benegal |
| Starring |
Smita Patil Girish Karnad Naseeruddin Shah Amrish Puri |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
| Cinematography | Govind Nihalani |
| Edited by | Bhanudas Divakar |
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134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Manthan is a 1976 Hindi film made by the filmmaker Shyam Benegal, inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien 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.
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 for 1976.
The title song (whose lyrics go Mero gaam kathaparey) 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.
The word manthan literally means "churning", and other meanings may be deep contemplation, churning of facts, analysis aimed at solution or conclusion. The film traces a small set of poor farmers of Kheda district in Gujarat who had the vision and foresight to act in a way that was good for the society and not for the self alone. Under, leaders like local social worker Tribhovandas Patel, who took up the cause of farmer, lead to the formation of Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union. Soon the pattern was repeated in each district of Gujarat, which in turn led to the formation of Amul, a daily cooperative in Anand, Gujarat in 1946, which is today, jointly owned by some 2.6 million milk producers in Gujarat, India.
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