Manthan (English: Churning) is a 1977 National Award winning Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien, and is written jointly by him and Vijay Tendulkar. The film starred Smita Patil, Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah and Amrish Puri | Amul

27K views · 1.2K reactions | Manthan: A Film Made by Half a Million Indian Farmers Manthan was the world’s first crowdfunded movie - it was entirely financed by half-a-million farmers of Gujarat who contributed Rs 2 each! #SmitaPatil #legend #DeathAnniversary #actor | TheBetterIndia | Facebook