Release Date: 2018-05-24
Overview: In Bombay's seedy-shiny film world, Manto and his stories are widely read and accepted. But as sectarian violence engulfs the nation, Manto makes the difficult choice of leaving his beloved Bombay. In Lahore, he finds himself bereft of friends and unable to find takers for his writings.
Rating: 7.362 / 10
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
as Saadat Hasan Manto
Rasika Dugal
as Safia
Tahir Raj Bhasin
as Sunder Shyam
Feryna Wazheir
as Nargis
Javed Akhtar
as Abid Ali Abid
Nandita Das - Director
Shubham Sanjay Shevade - Production Manager
Resul Pookutty - Sound Designer
Sanjeev Kumar Nair - Line Producer
Antoine Gervais - Sound Mixer
An amazing piece of cinema that describes the life of a prominent Urdhu writer, but has the distinct undercurrent of the folly of nationalism and race....