Manthan
moderate bad language, sexual violence references
Director(s)Shyam Benegal
Production year1976
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes135m
CastGirish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah
Manthan
moderate bad language, sexual violence references
A young vet faces challenge and suspicion when he attempts to set up a co-operative dairy in a rural village, to help bu ...
A young vet faces challenge and suspicion when he attempts to set up a co-operative dairy in a rural village, to help build a fairer society for the local people.
language
There is occasional moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'bloody', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man is falsely accused of rape as part of a plot to blackmail him; there is no detail of the alleged attack. Brief, undetailed verbal references are made to cases of women being 'molested' by men of other castes.
additional issues
Characters display discriminatory attitudes toward people of other castes, and there are discussions about the caste system. A man is described as a 'pimp' in relation to his underhand business practices. Characters embrace passionately and references are made to people having affairs; verbal references are made to the process of artificially inseminating animals. People shove one another during altercations and a village meeting is attacked by people throwing stones. Verbal references are made to a man beating his daughter, and people are occasionally threatened with violence. People panic and flee when they find their village is on fire. There is occasional rude humour. People smoke cigarettes.
moderate bad language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
20/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Second Run DVD
language
There is occasional moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'bloody', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man is falsely accused of rape as part of a plot to blackmail him; there is no detail of the alleged attack. Brief, undetailed verbal references are made to cases of women being 'molested' by men of other castes.
additional issues
Characters display discriminatory attitudes toward people of other castes, and there are discussions about the caste system. A man is described as a 'pimp' in relation to his underhand business practices. Characters embrace passionately and references are made to people having affairs; verbal references are made to the process of artificially inseminating animals. People shove one another during altercations and a village meeting is attacked by people throwing stones. Verbal references are made to a man beating his daughter, and people are occasionally threatened with violence. People panic and flee when they find their village is on fire. There is occasional rude humour. People smoke cigarettes.
Classified date20/10/2025
LanguageHindi
language
There is occasional moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'bloody', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man is falsely accused of rape as part of a plot to blackmail him; there is no detail of the alleged attack. Brief, undetailed verbal references are made to cases of women being 'molested' by men of other castes.
additional issues
Characters display discriminatory attitudes toward people of other castes, and there are discussions about the caste system. A man is described as a 'pimp' in relation to his underhand business practices. Characters embrace passionately and references are made to people having affairs; verbal references are made to the process of artificially inseminating animals. People shove one another during altercations and a village meeting is attacked by people throwing stones. Verbal references are made to a man beating his daughter, and people are occasionally threatened with violence. People panic and flee when they find their village is on fire. There is occasional rude humour. People smoke cigarettes.
Director(s)Shyam Benegal
Production year1976
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes135m
CastGirish Karnad, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah
moderate bad language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
20/10/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Second Run DVD
language
There is occasional moderate bad language ('bitch') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'bloody', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man is falsely accused of rape as part of a plot to blackmail him; there is no detail of the alleged attack. Brief, undetailed verbal references are made to cases of women being 'molested' by men of other castes.
additional issues
Characters display discriminatory attitudes toward people of other castes, and there are discussions about the caste system. A man is described as a 'pimp' in relation to his underhand business practices. Characters embrace passionately and references are made to people having affairs; verbal references are made to the process of artificially inseminating animals. People shove one another during altercations and a village meeting is attacked by people throwing stones. Verbal references are made to a man beating his daughter, and people are occasionally threatened with violence. People panic and flee when they find their village is on fire. There is occasional rude humour. People smoke cigarettes.
Classified date20/10/2025
LanguageHindi
