Manthan (मंथन) 47 years old

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.

Credits

Amrish Puri as Mishraji

Girish Karnad as Dr. Rao

Smita Patil as Bindu

Naseeruddin Shah as Bhola

Anant Nag as Chandavarkar

Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Sarpanch

Manthan Cast

Name	Character
Amrish Puri He was 44, 72 years old when he died	as Mishraji
Girish Karnad He was 38, 81 years old when he died	as Dr. Rao
Smita Patil She was 20, 31 years old when she died	as Bindu
Naseeruddin Shah He was 26, now 73 years old	as Bhola
Anant Nag He was 28, now 75 years old	as Chandavarkar
Kulbhushan Kharbanda He was 31, now 79 years old	as Sarpanch
Mohan Agashe He was 29, now 76 years old	as Deshmukh

Manthan Crew

Name	Department
Shyam Benegal as Director. He was 41 (now 89) years old	Directing
Shyam Benegal as Story. He was 41 (now 89) years old	Writing
Govind Nihalani as Cinematography. He was 36 (now 83) years old	Crew
Vanraj Bhatia as Music. He was 49 (now 96) years old	Sound
Vijay Tendulkar as Screenplay. He was 48 (80) years old when He died	Writing

Manthan (47 years)

Release day: Friday, October 01, 1976
Runtime: 134 minutes