Manto

Manto

2018•1h 52m•7.4/10

DramaHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.4/10(47)

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.

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Production

Viacom18 Studios, HP Studios, Nandita Das Initiatives, Filmstoc (IN), Magic If Films, Reverie Entertainment, En Compagnie des Lamas, Radiant Films International, CNC

Language

HI

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Saadat Hasan Manto

Rasika Dugal

Rasika Dugal

Safia

Tahir Raj Bhasin

Tahir Raj Bhasin

Sunder Shyam

Feryna Wazheir

Feryna Wazheir

Nargis

Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar

Abid Ali Abid

Chandan Roy Sanyal

Chandan Roy Sanyal

Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Rishi Kapoor

Rishi Kapoor

Film Producer

Inaamulhaq

Inaamulhaq

Hamid

Ranvir Shorey

Ranvir Shorey

Ishar Singh

Rajshri Deshpande

Rajshri Deshpande

Ismat Chugtai

Ila Arun

Ila Arun

Jaddanbai

Divya Dutta

Divya Dutta

Kulwant Kaur

Paresh Rawal

Paresh Rawal

Pimp

Tillotama Shome

Tillotama Shome

Prostitute

Shashank Arora

Shashank Arora

Shaad Amritsari

Bhanu Uday

Ashok Kumar

Sadat Pervez

Sadat Pervez

Krishan Chandar

Nazma Ali Shaikh

Sarita

Ashwini Giri

Ashwini Giri

Sarita's mother

Purab Kohli

Purab Kohli

Kifaayat

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