Tag: Saadat Hasan Manto

Mumbai: Bollywood celebrities including Rekha, Imtiaz Ali, Deepti Naval, Shabana Azmi and others attended a special screening of the film “Manto” starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the Indo-Pakistani, Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto. Manto’ is creating lot of buzz among the audience since its trailer release. Makers of the film hosted the special screening on Monday […]

Mumbai: Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das, who has completed the shoot of her upcoming directorial “Manto” on the life of celebrated writer Saadat Hasan Manto, has said the film will be in theatres by the middle of next year. Nandita attended the opening ceremony of the Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival here on Thursday, and was […]

Cannes: The first look of Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer “Manto”, a biographical film based on Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto, was launched at the ongoing 70th Cannes Film Festival here. Directed by Nandita Das, the film features Nawazuddin in the title role, and actress Rasika Dugal plays his wife Safia. The movie also features Rishi Kapoor, Swara […]