The Churning (1976)

Drama

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.

Cast

Bindu
Smita Patil
Dr. Rao
Girish Karnad
A Anjali Paigankar
H Hriday Lani
Bhagwan Tiwari
S Suresh Bedi
M Manubhai Patel
V Vijay Padukone
R Rajendra Jaspal
Salim Ghouse
A Amar Sandhu
Sarpanch
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Bhola
Naseeruddin Shah
Deshmukh
Mohan Agashe
Chandavarkar
Anant Nag
Mishraji
Amrish Puri
Sadhu Meher
Savita Bajaj
A Abha Dhulia

Crew

Director
Shyam Benegal
Writer
K Kaifi Azmi
Screenplay
V Vijay Tendulkar
Story
V Verghese Kurien
Story
Shyam Benegal
Cinematography
Govind Nihalani
Editor
B Bhanudas Divakar
Music
Vanraj Bhatia
Colorist
P P.G. Mulay
Assistant Director
G Girish Ghanekar
Assistant Director
P Prahlad Kakar
Assistant Director
D Dayal Nihalani
Assistant Director
Kalpana Lajmi
Costume Designer
S Swadesh Pal
Costume Designer
P Panchami Ghanekar
Assistant Camera
K K. Kanti
Assistant Camera
Y Yusuf Sheikh
Sound
M Mohammad Hussain Kalsikar
Makeup Artist
V Vishwanath Govekar
Sound Recordist
H Hitendra Ghosh
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
M Mangesh Desai
Art Direction
Shama Zaidi
Dialect Coach
Dina Pathak
Lyricist
N Niti Sagar
Playback Singer
P Priti Sagar