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.

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