Manto
- 2018
- 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
4.7K
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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
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- 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
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Subtitles spoiled the whole film! Should have been more accurate and honest about Manto's life.
If you are one of those people who hate English subtitles in a Hindi movie, my sincere suggestion to you is to check before-hand if the subtitles are shown in the show you are going to watch.
I watched this movie, at INOX Bhubaneswar. God knows, who is the culprit behind this idiocy.
Apart from that, the movie is good, atleast from what I was able to make of it, despite the difficulty and frustration in understanding the dialogues, because of the subtitles. The acting of Nawaz is terrific. The insertion of his short-stories, into the film, is also well-done and blends near perfectly.
One thing, which I didn't like and was clearly avoidable, was the fact that the movie is not completely sincere, honest and accurate in it's depiction of Manto's life. For example, Manto started facing court trials in India only, and it did not start in Pakistan. He faced fine in only one of the total of six trials he faced. I am not fully aware of the financial hardships faced by him, but the effect and impact of the fine or the court decision, certainly seemed a bit exaggerated.
I watched this movie, at INOX Bhubaneswar. God knows, who is the culprit behind this idiocy.
Apart from that, the movie is good, atleast from what I was able to make of it, despite the difficulty and frustration in understanding the dialogues, because of the subtitles. The acting of Nawaz is terrific. The insertion of his short-stories, into the film, is also well-done and blends near perfectly.
One thing, which I didn't like and was clearly avoidable, was the fact that the movie is not completely sincere, honest and accurate in it's depiction of Manto's life. For example, Manto started facing court trials in India only, and it did not start in Pakistan. He faced fine in only one of the total of six trials he faced. I am not fully aware of the financial hardships faced by him, but the effect and impact of the fine or the court decision, certainly seemed a bit exaggerated.
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- manubhatt3
- Sep 22, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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