

The Churning
1976
2h 14m
6.9
IN
Drama
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Hindi
Studio
Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd.
Key Crew

Shyam Benegal
Director

Shyam Benegal
Story
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

Sadhu Meher

Savita Bajaj
A
Abha Dhulia
A
Anjali Paigankar
H
Hriday Lani

Bhagwan Tiwari
S
Suresh Bedi
M
Manubhai Patel
V
Vijay Padukone
R
Rajendra Jaspal

Salim Ghouse
A
Amar Sandhu