I may be a writer of obscene stories, a clown, but I am also a husband and a father. — Saadat Hasan Manto Nandita Das’s biopic focuses on the two main aspects of Manto’s life — anti-establishment ...

mainly his short stories and letters, may “not be called a biopic.” Or, that’s how actor-director Sarmad Sultan Khoosat would like to describe it. At a promotional event of Manto, his latest offering ...

January 18 was Manto’s 64th death anniversary and it should be noted that Manto has been experiencing something of a renaissance for quite a few years. Manto’s best short stories like ‘Toba Tek Singh’ ...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's movie Manto too begins with a story which will make you crave to know 'what next?' And then enters the man himself, just as his loving wife Rasika Dugal is reading his story out ...

LAHORE: Intellectuals, writers and the civil society activists on Sunday paid rich tributes to short story genius Saadat Hasan Manto, who kept raising voice against extremism, terrorism, double ...

This biopic of celebrated — and castigated — Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto is stately, but too staid for his provocative writing. “Manto” could garner support among the educated bourgeois ...

Writer Saadat Hasan Manto was infamous for digging deep into the society, unfurling facets that most people chose to keep hidden. If you feel disturbed after watching his biopic, then director Sarmad ...

(L-R) Niranjan Iyengar, Nandita Das and Amitav Ghosh with copies of 'Manto & I' on stage at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, in association with The Telegraph and Victoria Memorial Hall on ...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui's movie Manto too begins with a story which will make you crave to know 'what next?' And then enters the man himself, just as his loving wife Rasika Dugal is reading his story out ...