Manto
- 2018
- 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
4.8K
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The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.The film is a biographical account of writer Saadat Hasan Manto's life and is set in 1940s India.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 22 nominations
Vedieka Dutt
- Auditioning Girl 1
- (as Vedika Dutt)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn November 2015, it was reported that Nandita Das had approached actor Irrfan Khan to play the leading role in her film Manto. Nandita said that, "Irrfan fits the role to the T as he speaks fluent Urdu, looks a lot like Manto and, above all, is a wonderful actor. He has read a lot of Manto himself and is influenced by him."
- ConnectionsReferenced in Raftaar & Nawazuddin Siddiqui: Mantoiyat (2018)
- SoundtracksBan Titli
Vocals by Rekha Bhardwaj
Lyrics by Dibakar Banerjee & Sneha Khanwalkar
Music by Sneha Khanwalkar
Featured review
Struggle for the freedom of expression during the turbulent times of partition!! The sliver of those times well presented with some fantastic and powerful story telling from the bold and repulsive pen of Munto!!
*Not* for entertainment seekers. It's for those who can sink inside the every character's mind and try to explore the circumstantial sense of every scene.
Nandita Das has written and directed this by literally living in those characters and times.
I am afraid that the time pass movie goers may complain of boredom and classify this movie a documentary. Nevertheless they may still look at others watching the movie to check if they are alone thinking that they way.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is promisingly the best actor ...sorry the writer. I had to change from actor to a writer because I am still not able to get the Munto out of him.
Art work and sound recording is brilliant!! For some reason I felt the cigarette lighting with a match stick sounded so perfect I felt that it's been some decades since I heard that sound. Same with the sound of the type writer and the ruffle of the paper.
If you are movie lover who loves to analyse every scene go to the movie. If you land up into this movie because other movies are sold out, you won't be sold on entertainment!! Jingoistic expectations will be laid to rest right from scene 1.
I can rate this movie because it will berate someone who will call Priceless!!
*Not* for entertainment seekers. It's for those who can sink inside the every character's mind and try to explore the circumstantial sense of every scene.
Nandita Das has written and directed this by literally living in those characters and times.
I am afraid that the time pass movie goers may complain of boredom and classify this movie a documentary. Nevertheless they may still look at others watching the movie to check if they are alone thinking that they way.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui is promisingly the best actor ...sorry the writer. I had to change from actor to a writer because I am still not able to get the Munto out of him.
Art work and sound recording is brilliant!! For some reason I felt the cigarette lighting with a match stick sounded so perfect I felt that it's been some decades since I heard that sound. Same with the sound of the type writer and the ruffle of the paper.
If you are movie lover who loves to analyse every scene go to the movie. If you land up into this movie because other movies are sold out, you won't be sold on entertainment!! Jingoistic expectations will be laid to rest right from scene 1.
I can rate this movie because it will berate someone who will call Priceless!!
- rajesh-puvvada
- Sep 21, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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