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Manto
Directed by
Nandita Das
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.
The story
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 SiddiquiSaadat Hasan Manto
Rasika DugalSafia
Tahir Raj BhasinSunder Shyam
Feryna WazheirNargis
Javed AkhtarAbid Ali Abid
Chandan Roy SanyalAhmed Nadeem Qasmi
Rishi KapoorFilm Producer
InaamulhaqHamid
Ranvir ShoreyIshar Singh
Rajshri DeshpandeIsmat Chugtai
Ila ArunJaddanbai
Divya DuttaKulwant Kaur
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Paresh RawalPimp
Tillotama ShomeProstitute
Shashank AroraShaad Amritsari
Bhanu UdayAshok Kumar
Sadat PervezKrishan Chandar
Nazma Ali ShaikhSarita
Ashwini GiriSarita's mother
Purab KohliKifaayat
Swanand KirkireShahab
Chittaranjan TripathyAnwar
Vihaan Das MaskaraBoy on the bar
Nishith DadhichDirector
Sunil KamathCameraman
Priyanka MisalPrincess
Vedieka DuttAuditioning Girl 1
Mruga UmraniaAuditioning Girl 2
Jean-Pierre Le CalvezEnglishman at counter
Lacey HainesEnglish woman at station
Zorawar ShuklaAnglo-Indian Passenger
Rusi MistryIrani Cafe Owner
Takesh SinghRajindar Singh Bedi
Sadat ShamsiKrishan Chander
Madhurjeet SarghiManto's sister - Nasira Iqbal
Manjula Sanjay ShettigarHameeda
Abhinay BankerShoe Shop Owner
Chirag ModiShoe shop owner's brother
Anika TiwariNighat 2
Bhanu Uday SinghAshok Kumar
Nancy ThakkarSuraiyya
Raghav DuttNaushad
Mahabir BhullarShyam's uncle
Kulbir BadesronShyam's aunt
Bachan PacheraStreet food vendor
Sanjay GalsarYoung man
Gurdas MannSakina's father - Sirajuddin
Nilesh ParmarVolunteer 1 - Refugee camp
Palkesh AgrawalVolunteer 2 - Refugee camp
Shraddha SutharSakina
Kalpana GargekarNurse - Refugee camp
Nisarg TrivediDoctor - Refugee camp
Khushi HajareNighat 3 (as Khushi Sidhant Hajare)
Garima TiwariZakia Jalal
Shahnawaz PradhanModerator
Rajan ThakkarTransgender
Murzban VatchaParsi neighbor
Govind PandeyInspector
Rajeev BharadwajNaseer Anwar
Dharmendra GuptaArif Abdul Mateen
Neeraj KabiMan at the tea stall
Danish HusainArshad Zaidi
Vijay VarmaAnsaar Shabnam Dil
Vinod NagpalBishan Singh
Nassar AbdullaOfficer - asylum
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