Plot
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.
Cast
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
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
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Reviews
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.