Manto (2018)
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.
Genre: Biography, Bollywood, Drama, History
Director: Nandita Das
Actors: Chandan Roy Sanyal, Feryna Wazheir, Javed Akhtar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Dugal, Rishi Kapoor, Tahir Raj Bhasin
Country: India
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