The film Manto is directed by Nandita Das, produced by Vikrant Batra/Ajit Andhare/Namrata Goyal/ and Nandita Das., Stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Rasika Duggal, Rajshri Deshpande, released on the 13th of May 2018 in Cannes and in India on the 21st of September 2018.
This is a biographical drama film. During the freedom struggle against the British Empire in Bombay (1946) a well-established author Saadat Hasan Manto (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) works in the film industry as a script writer. He has many friends; admirers and his closest friend is a charming upcoming actor Shyam Chadda and Ashok Kumar a famous actor/ director/producer. Manto’s wife Safia is his biggest support, but leaves for Lahore. He stays back in Mumbai and goes through difficult times, takes to drinking and becomes an alcoholic and his health deteriorates, finally gets himself into a rehab centre.
The movie ends with lots of political issues.
