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The Churning

1976 • 2h14m Drama

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Shyam Benegal

Screenplay

Kaifi Azmi

Vijay Tendulkar

Cast

Smita Patil

Girish Karnad

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Release date

10/1/1976

Status

Released

Origin country

IN

Vote count

11