Films with screenplays by Vijay Tendulkar

1983 film by Govind Nihalani

1980 film by Govind Nihalani

1975 film by Shyam Benegal

Manthan, also released under the translated title The Churning, is a 1976 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal, inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien, and written jointly by him and Vijay Tendulkar. It is set amidst the backdrop of the White Revolution of India. Aside from the great measurable success that this project was, it also demonstrated the power of "collective might" as it was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs. 2 each. Manthan is the first crowdfunded Indian film.

Umbartha (IPA: Umbaraṭhā; ) is a 1982 Indian drama film produced by D. V. Rao and directed and coproduced by Jabbar Patel. The film was simultaneously shot in Marathi and Hindi, the latter titled Subah, with the same cast. It tells the story of a woman's dream to step outside her four walled home and bring change in the society. Smita Patil played the lead protagonist in the film for which she won Marathi Rajya Chitrapat Puraskar for Best Actress. The film was adjudged as the Best Feature Film in Marathi at the 29th National Film Awards for "a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woma