L: "The Pity of Partition—Manto’s Life, Times And Work Across The India-Pakistan Divide" by Ayesha Jalal (HarperCollins India, 2013). R: Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955). (Wikipedia) The complex life ...

Manto, Nandita Das’s biopic on Saadat Hasan Manto that stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Rasika Dugal, was premiered today at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. For years – even ...

Even before she had written a word of her first book, filmmaker and actor Nandita Das knew what she wanted to call it: Manto & I. In the recently published coffee table book, Das takes readers behind ...

Nandita Das discusses her upcoming film 'Manto' and why the writer continues to be relevant in our time.

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’ ...

AS literary circles celebrate the current year as Manto’s, perhaps the literary mode of expression known as realism too will come under discussion as it is the hallmark of the Urdu short story of the ...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who has been excited to bring the life of illustrious author-playwright Saadat Hasan Manto to the silver screen through filmmaker Nandita Das's project titled 'Manto', can finally ...

Ismat Chughtai is remembered as one of the most fearless female writers of the country. Her short story Lihaaf (The Quilt), about the sexual liaison between a ‘begum’ and her retainer, outraged Urdu ...

Writer-director Nandita Das’ second feature film, Manto, was picked by the Cannes International Film to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section in 2018, an honour that very few Indian films have ...