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October 1980 (USA)
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Extraordinary dramatization of social, economic change
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Girish Karnad | ... | Dr.Rao |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | ... | Sarpanch |
| Smita Patil | ... | Bindu |
 | Amrish Puri | ... | Mishraji |
| Naseeruddin Shah | ... | Bhola |
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The Churning (UK)
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Sweden:134 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Manthan is an extraordinarily powerful and intense depiction of social change. As it has been 15 years since I've seen this film, my recollection of details may not be completely accurate; but the story tells the struggle of Indian dairy farmers to gain a fairer share of the proceeds of their labor from the larger milk-processing companies to whom they sell their raw milk. While my recollection of factual details about this movie is limited, I do recall vividly the strong emotional and artistic impact Manthan had on me. It should be noted that director Benegal also made Ankur (The Seedling) which, with a completely different story, also incarnates the painful social changes India is undergoing as it moves from a more to a less feudal social structure -- and in both movies dealing with these themes without preachiness or pronounced ideological heavyhandedness.