NEW DELHI: The National award-winning feature film ‘Manthan’ by Shyam Benegal based will be telecast by Doordarshan National on 26 November at 9:30 am to celebrate ‘National Milk Day’.
The 1976 Hindi film, jointly written by Verghese Kurien and Benegal, is set amidst the backdrop of the White Revolution of India which started in 1970.
The title track of the film Mero gaam kathaparey has been popularly used as the soundtrack for the television commercial for Amul.
This day is being observed across the country to commemorate the birth anniversary of Verghese Kurien, also known as the father of White Revolution in India.
