Shyam Benegal is one of India’s most venerated filmmakers whose early films were iconic in India’s Parallel Cinema movement. Manthan is not only one of his finest films from that time, but also the story behind it was unique – that 500,000 farmers each contributed a small amount of money towards the making of the film that told the story of the birth of the milk cooperative movement while touching on so many issues like caste, class, gender and economic discrimination. The film was integral to spreading the message of the benefits of the cooperative movement to farmers across the country and a vital part of building that movement.

Manthan is presented from a beautiful new 4K restoration by Film Heritage Foundation.

Mehelli Modi from Second Run will introduce the screening. Manthan is being released on Blu-Ray by Second Run in October.

Cast:
Girish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri, Kulbushan Kharbanda, Mohan Agashe, Sadhu Meher, Rajendra Jaspal, Abha Dhulia, Anjali Paigankar, the people of Sanganva