Manthan

The film traces the origins of the movement through its fictionalised narrative, based around rural empowerment. Dr. Rao (Girish Karnad), a young veterinary doctor with his team of Deshmukh (Mohan Agashe), Chandravarkar (Anant Nag) and others comes to a village in Kheda district, Gujarat. The village is inhabited by poor people whose chief occupation seems to be cattle-rearing and producing milk, which they sell to a local dairy owner. The Harijan community's leader Bhola (Naseeruddin Shah) harbours deep anger and resentment against