Manto (2015)

Original title

منٹو‎

Directed by

Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

Genre

biographical film

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

2h 07m

Rating

9.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the life of Pakistani short-story writer Saadat Hassan Manto. It shows his struggles with censorship and his personal relationships, including his bond with singer Noor Jehan. The story draws from Manto's own writings.

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What happens

Manto (Urdu: منٹو) is a 2015 Pakistani biographical drama film based on the life of Pakistani short-story writer Saadat Hassan Manto, starring Sarmad Khoosat in the title role. It was directed by Khoosat himself, produced by Babar Javed, and written by Shahid Nadeem, whose screenplay was adapted from Manto's short stories, particularly "Thanda Gosht", "Madari", "License", "Hatak" and "Peshawar Se Lahore". It also depicts his relationship with singer-actress Noor Jehan. The film was released on 11 September 2015, sixty years after Manto's death. The full-length official trailer was released on 29 August 2015. The motion trailer, along with film music, was released on 6 August 2015. The TV series on the life of the writer, titled Main Manto with the same cast and production, initially made in 2012, was aired in December 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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