Cannes [France], Veteran actors Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Prati Babbar, Dr. Verghese Kurien's daughter Nirmala Kurian and Amul MD Jayen Mehat were seen on the red carpet during the screening of 'Manthan' at Cannes Film Festival 2024. The official handle of Instagram to share glimpses of the mega event. The caption reads, "Manthan" team of Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah Prateek Babbar, Ms Nirmala Kurian, @filmheritagefoundation team, and Mr Jayen_Mehta, MD, Amul, representing 3.6 million farmer producers of the film @festivaldecannes#ManthanAtCannes https Shyam Benegal's classic Manthan was unveiled at a prestigious event on Friday. Displayed during. Buñuel's 'Manthan', starring late actress Smita Patil, is the only Indian film to be selected under the Cannes Classic section of the festival this year. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Moha Agashe, Ananth Nag and Amrish Puri among others.The film was based on the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Dr. Verges Kurien, the father of the White Revolution in India. Produced by five lakh dairy farmers of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its products under the Amul brand. The Gujarat-set film was the first crowd-funded Indian film, completely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs 2 each. Kurien co-wrote the screenplay for the film Manthan with Vijay Tendulkar, which won two National Film Awards in 1977: for Best Feature Film in Hindi and for Best Screenplay for Tendulkar. It was also India's official entry to the 1976 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.The Cannes premiere of the restored version of the film was attended by Naseeruddin Shah, late Smita Patil's family, the film's producers and film heritage. Foundation's Shivendra Singh Dungarpur About the film's screening at Cannes, Shyam Benegal had earlier said, "I was very happy when Shivendra told me that the Film Heritage Foundation is going to restore "Manthan" in collaboration with Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation Limited. Manthan is a film very close to my heart because it was funded by 500,000 farmers and played an important role in the development of an extraordinary cooperative movement that aimed to end economic inequality and caste discrimination by empowering farmers. Had to break the shackles.The Cannes Film Festival 2024 has started and will run from May 14 to May 25.