Probashi- Cover Story was scuttled during emergency and the film could only release in 1977 after the emergency was lifted and Janata Party came to power . Vyantimala Bali was the first choice for the lead role but she refused since she was not comfortable with the similarities of her character with Mrs Gandhi .
Probashi- Cover Story was scuttled during emergency and the film could only release in 1977 after the emergency was lifted and Janata Party came to power . Vyantimala Bali was the first choice for the lead role but she refused since she was not comfortable with the similarities of her character with Mrs Gandhi .
Manthan ( 1976 ) 5 lakh farmers in Gujarat contributed Rs . 2 each to fund a movie . They hired the best talent‐ Shyam Benegal as director , Vijay Tendulkar for screen play , Govind Nihalani as cinematographer and actors including Naseeruddin Shah , Smita Patil , Amrish Puri , Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Anant Nag . The farmers wanted this team to make a film on their successful milk cooperative movement which they had initiated in their villages throughout Gujarat . This Gujarat movement went on to become the template for the nation and lead to the famous
Operation Flood
Programme and the
White Revolution , making India the largest milk producer in the world . This is the only instance that such a large collective has produced a feature film . Manthan relates to the story of group of young urban professionals headed by a veterinary doctor ( Girish Karnad ) which arrives at a poor village in order to help start milk cooperative . As they proceed , they come up against the private milk contractor and village caste prejudices . How these bottlenecks are removed to setup a successful milk cooperative comprises the storyline of the film . The film went on to win the National Film Award for the best feature film , best screen play and best female playback singer ( for the song Mero Gaam Kathaparey whichh was later
Picture Abi Baaki Hai Mere Dost
Story of the Indian Milk Revolution was told in the film Manthan . Seen here
Girish Karnad urging Smita Patil to join the Milk Cooperative
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used in an
AMUL commercial ). The
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Banaraswala " |
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big hit , |
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film was
India ’ s official entry for Oscars . The film was a commercial
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reviving the fortune of the film . The profits from the film were given to |
success ; |
truckloads |
of |
farmers |
Irani ' s widow , the producer of the |
coming to the cinema hall to see |
film who had died during filming of |
their story helped . |
on screen |
certainly |
Don . Don became a cult film and now considered an iconic film . Don |
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was inspired by the
1962 Shakti
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Don ( 1978 )
Don carried forward the Amitabh
Bachchan angry young man style .
The film was released without any promotion on 12 May
1978 and was declared a flop the first week .
However by the next week , the song "
Khaikey Paan
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Samanta movie
China
Gate. Remake of Don with
Shahrukh in the lead also did phenomenally at the Box office
.
Golmaal (
1979 ):
Golmaal is a comedy of errors told masterfully by
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“ Don ko pakadna muskhkil hi nahin , namumkin hai “. The two Dons , Amitabh ( 1978 ) and Shahrukh Khan ( 2006 ) both the films becamee blockbusters .