Manto

Manto

112 mins | Drama, History | May 24, 2018

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.

Manto

112 mins | Drama, History | May 24, 2018

Manto
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, HP Studios, En Compagnie des Lamas, Reverie Entertainment (IN), Nandita Das Initiatives, Magic If Films, CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Filmstoc (IN)
Original title मंटो
Directors Nandita Das
Writers Nandita Das

Cast

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

as Saadat Hasan Manto

Rasika Dugal

as Safia

Tahir Raj Bhasin

as Sunder Shyam

Feryna Wazheir

as Nargis / K. Asif

Javed Akhtar

as Abid Ali Abid

Chandan Roy Sanyal

as Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Rishi Kapoor

as Film Producer

Inaamulhaq

as Hamid / Hamid Jalal

Ranvir Shorey

as Ishar Singh

Rajshri Deshpande

as Ismat Chugtai

Ila Arun

as Jaddanbai

Divya Dutta

as Kulwant Kaur

Paresh Rawal

as Pimp

Tillotama Shome

as Prostitute

Shashank Arora

as Shaad Amritsari

Bhanu Uday

as Ashok Kumar

Sadat Pervez

as Krishan Chandar

Nazma Ali Shaikh

as Sarita

Ashwini Giri

as Sarita's mother

Purab Kohli

as Kifaayat

Swanand Kirkire

as Shahab

Vihaan Das Maskara

as Boy on the bar

Nishith Dadhich

as Director

Sunil Kamath

as Cameraman

Priyanka Misal

as Princess

Vedieka Dutt

as Auditioning Girl 1

Mruga Umrania

as Auditioning Girl 2

Jean-Pierre Le Calvez

as Englishman at counter

Lacey Haines

as English woman at station

Zorawar Shukla

as Anglo-Indian Passenger

Rusi Mistry

as Irani Cafe Owner

Takesh Singh

as Rajindar Singh Bedi

Sadat Shamsi

as Krishan Chander

Madhurjeet Sarghi

as Manto's sister - Nasira Iqbal

Abhinay Banker

as Shoe Shop Owner

Chirag Modi

as Shoe shop owner's brother

Anika Tiwari

as Nighat 2

Bhanu Uday Singh

as Ashok Kumar

Nancy Thakkar

as Suraiyya

Raghav Dutt

as Naushad

Mahabir Bhullar

as Shyam's uncle

Kulbir Badesron

as Shyam's aunt

Bachan Pachera

as Street food vendor

Galsar Sanjay

as Young man

Gurdas Mann

as Sakina's father - Sirajuddin

Nilesh Parmar

as Volunteer 1 - Refugee camp

Palkesh Agrawal

as Volunteer 2 - Refugee camp

Shraddha Suthar

as Sakina

Kalpana Gargekar

as Nurse - Refugee camp

Nisarg Trivedi

as Doctor - Refugee camp

Khushi Hajare

as Nighat 3 (as Khushi Sidhant Hajare)

Garima Tiwari

as Zakia Jalal

Shahnawaz Pradhan

as Moderator

Rajan Thakkar

as Transgender

Murzban Vatcha

as Parsi neighbor

Govind Pandey

as Inspector

Rajeev Bharadwaj

as Naseer Anwar

Dharmendra Gupta

as Arif Abdul Mateen

Neeraj Kabi

as Man at the tea stall

Danish Husain

as Arshad Zaidi

Vijay Varma

as Ansaar Shabnam Dil