Screening from Series Emotion in Color: A Kaleidoscope of Indian Cinema
Manthan (The Churning) in 4K
Introduction by guest programmer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Dr. Jayen Mehta, Managing Director, GCMMF – AMUL, and Mr. Shamalbhai B. Patel, Chairman, GCMMF – AMUL
Manthan is a fictionalized account of the extraordinary dairy cooperative movement that transformed India from a milk-deficient nation to the world’s largest milk producer. It is also India’s first crowdfunded film, produced by 500,000 dairy farmers who contributed two rupees each toward the production. When Dr. Rao (Girish Karnad), an idealistic veterinary surgeon from the city, arrives in a small village to start a milk cooperative movement, his notions of equitable distribution of profits—irrespective of class and caste and free of exploitative middlemen—churn up a maelstrom of mistrust, anger, and resistance that threatens the deep-rooted social hierarchy based on generations of discrimination.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
Academy Museum film programming generously funded by the Richard Roth Foundation.
1976 | 134 min | India | Color | Hindi | Not Rated | 4K DCP
DIRECTED BY: Shyam Benegal
WRITTEN BY: Vijay Tendulkar
WITH: Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Anant Nag
Restored by Film Heritage Foundation 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)
Introduction by guest programmer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Dr. Jayen Mehta, Managing Director, GCMMF – AMUL, and Mr. Shamalbhai B. Patel, Chairman, GCMMF – AMUL
Introduction by guest programmer Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Dr. Jayen Mehta, Managing Director, GCMMF – AMUL, and Mr. Shamalbhai B. Patel, Chairman, GCMMF – AMUL
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