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Meet Saadat Hasan Manto

He is called the father of the Urdu short story for his honest and harrowing tales of Partition. Now his life has been made into a movie by Nandita Das.

19/06/2018 1:30 AM
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6 comments

  • Jacqueline S.
    29/03/2019 20:01

    Manto, one of the best movies I have watched so far.

  • Zora G.
    29/09/2018 01:22

    Such persons who try to bring human sufferings at the hands of the powerful and the tyrants to light are ignored, suppressed and victimised, ridiculed and destroyed so the vicked can continue to rule. Thus defeated souls are reduced to infamy while the guilty powerful fly on a carpet of victory until evetually the judgement day arrives... of the powerful to light

  • Brut India
    26/09/2018 09:07

    Morning shows of Manto were abruptly cancelled in Delhi, Noida, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad on opening day. Cinemas cited a technical glitch as the cause. https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/early-shows-of-manto-cancelled-in-delhi-mumbai-ahmedabad-nandita-das-reacts/story-bhdFiSTFRk4PusIuMXThVP.html

  • Mohammad F.
    25/09/2018 04:30

    Best writer on partition tragedy in any language.

  • Pulkit J.
    22/09/2018 10:54

    * as an adult

  • Syed Z.
    21/09/2018 06:43

    sharjeel