Manto (2018)
112 min
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.
- Release date
- May 24, 2018
- Country of origin
- India
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Trailer
Cast
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Saadat Hasan Manto
- Rasika Dugal as Safia
- Tahir Raj Bhasin as Shyam
- Feryna Wazheir as Nargis
- Javed Akhtar as Abid Ali Abid
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
- Rishi Kapoor as Film Producer
- Inaamulhaq as Hamid
- Ranvir Shorey as Ishar Singh
- Rajshri Deshpande as Ismat Chugtai
- Ila Arun as Jaddanbai
- Divya Dutta as Kulwant Kaur
- Paresh Rawal as Pimp
- Tillotama Shome as Prostitute
- Shashank Arora as Shaad Amritsari
- Ashwini Giri as Sarita's mother
- Purab Kohli as Kifaayat
- Swanand Kirkire as Shahab
- Nishith Dadhich as Director
- Nazma Ali Shaikh as Sarita
- Neeraj Sood as Kishori
- Chittaranjan Tripathy as Anwar
- Vihaan Das Maskara as Boy on the bar
Crew
- Nandita Das · Director
- Nandita Das · Writer
- Nandita Das · Producer
- Nandita Das Initiatives LLP · Producer
- Babli Haque · Composer
- Sneha Khanwalkar · Composer
- Raftaar · Composer
- Chandan Partap · Cinematographer
- Kartik Vijay · Cinematographer
- A. Sreekar Prasad · Editor
- Rupali Gatti · Production designer
- Rita Ghosh · Production designer