![]() | When Memories Play Hide and SeekThe International Booker Prize longlisted novel talks about love, friendship, and the partition |
![]() | Manto review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays Manto's suppressed rage, melancholy to perfectionWhen Manto leaves for Lahore, the film and the protagonist falls into a melancholic meditative mood mourning the passing of an era when the country and its people were split into two messy halves. |
![]() | Rishi Kapoor, Javed Akhtar didn't charge a penny for 'Manto'Celebrities like Ranvir Shorey, Divya Dutta, Purab Kohli, Rajshri Deshpande and Swanand Kirkire also worked for free for the film. |
![]() | Saadat Hasan Manto comes to vivid life in Nandita Das' film trailerHere is Manto revived by an actor and a director who get to the centre of Manto's universe by exploring the ambience that fostered his creative juices while constantly trying to stem its flow. |
![]() | No acting technique helped me play Manto, says Nawazuddin SiddiquiDirected by Nandita Das, "Manto" primarily focuses on the writer's years in Mumbai, a city he loved and mourned being separated from. |
![]() | Nandita Das's 'Manto' in Cannes Un Certain Regard segmentManto, best known for his stories on Partition, was born on May 11, 1912 and migrated to Pakistan after 1947 and died at the age of 55 on January 18, 1955. |
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