Manthan

Awards

Song Awards:
• 1977 - Filmfare Awards - Best Female Playback Singer - Mero Gaam Kaatha Paarey - Preeti Sagar

Trivia

Album

• This film was produced by the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the owner of the popular dairy brand Amul. Along with Shyam Benegal, GCMMF's founder and chairman Verghese Kurien was credited with the film's story idea. The film was, in fact, inspired by Kurien's life and experiences. The film was financed by lakhs of farmers each of whom contributed two rupees. The film was presented by "500,000 farmers of Gujarat".
• When Shabana Azmi's work in the film "Kanneshwara Rama" (1977) came under heavy criticism, she defended herself by saying that she was not even supposed to do the film. She claimed that she had signed up for it to bail out director M.S. Sathyu when Smita Patil had walked out of the film. According to Shabana, Patil had reneged on her commitment to Sathyu, citing a conflict with her exams. Patil had later signed up for this film, which Shabana Azmi was supposed to do. Smita Patil had refuted Azmi's version of events. "Exams had nothing to do with it. The roles were switched quite amicably. Anyway, I don't even remember the details, and I don't want to enter into a controversy with Shabana. As it is, we are not great pals.", she was quoted as saying in India Today.[1][2]

Song

• Mero Gaam Kaatha Paarey - While this song was sung by Preeti Sagar, its lyrics were written by her sister Neeti Sagar.
• Mero Gaam Kaatha Paarey - This song was re-created in 2012 in Sunidhi Chauhan's voice for a music video showing the journey of milk from villages to homes through Amul.[3]

1. ^ Women always stole the show in Shyam Benegal's films
2. ^ Kanneshwara Rama (1977)
3. ^ Manthan new version