The Churning
69 %|Oct 1, 1976|Drama
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.
Featured Crew
Shyam Benegal
Director
Kaifi Azmi
Writer
Vijay Tendulkar
Screenplay
Verghese Kurien
Story
Shyam Benegal
Story
Govind Nihalani
Cinematography
Bhanudas Divakar
Editor
Vanraj Bhatia
Music
Cast
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
