Manto (2018)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | hi |
| Popularity | 3.326 |
Directed By
Nandita Das
Crew
Nandita Das
Shubham Sanjay Shevade
Resul Pookutty
Sanjeev Kumar Nair
Antoine Gervais
Jatish Varma
Hemal Damani
Vijay Kumar
Abhishek Tripathy
Sunil Kamath
Samuel Aïchoun
Prasanth Kumar
Rita Ghosh
Shrikant Desai
Sneha Khanwalkar
Sandrine Brauer
Nirang Desai
Kartik Vijay
Anish Mulani
Sameer Dixit
Aditya Varma
Nishith Dadhich
Nandita Das
Sheetal Sharma
Sreekar Prasad
Raftaar
TOP CAST
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Saadat Hasan Manto
Rasika Dugal
Safia
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Sunder Shyam
Feryna Wazheir
Nargis
Javed Akhtar
Abid Ali Abid
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
Rishi Kapoor
Film Producer
Inaamulhaq
Hamid
Ranvir Shorey
Ishar Singh
Rajshri Deshpande
Ismat Chugtai
Ila Arun
Jaddanbai
Divya Dutta
Kulwant Kaur
Paresh Rawal
Pimp
Tillotama Shome
Prostitute
Shashank Arora
Shaad Amritsari
Bhanu Uday
Ashok Kumar
Sadat Pervez
Krishan Chandar
Nazma Ali Shaikh
Sarita
Ashwini Giri
Sarita's mother
Purab Kohli
Kifaayat
Swanand Kirkire
Shahab
Chittaranjan Tripathy
Anwar
Vihaan Das Maskara
Boy on the bar
Nishith Dadhich
Director
Sunil Kamath
Cameraman
Priyanka Misal
Princess
Vedieka Dutt
Auditioning Girl 1
Mruga Umrania
Auditioning Girl 2
Jean-Pierre Le Calvez
Englishman at counter
Lacey Haines
English woman at station
Zorawar Shukla
Anglo-Indian Passenger
Rusi Mistry
Irani Cafe Owner
Takesh Singh
Rajindar Singh Bedi
Sadat Shamsi
Krishan Chander
Madhurjeet Sarghi
Manto's sister - Nasira Iqbal
Manjula Sanjay Shettigar
Hameeda
Abhinay Banker
Shoe Shop Owner
Chirag Modi
Shoe shop owner's brother
Anika Tiwari
Nighat 2
Bhanu Uday Singh
Ashok Kumar
Nancy Thakkar
Suraiyya
Feryna Wazheir
K. Asif
Raghav Dutt
Naushad
Mahabir Bhullar
Shyam's uncle
Kulbir Badesron
Shyam's aunt
Bachan Pachera
Street food vendor
Sanjay Galsar
Young man
Gurdas Mann
Sakina's father - Sirajuddin
Nilesh Parmar
Volunteer 1 - Refugee camp
Palkesh Agrawal
Volunteer 2 - Refugee camp
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