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.
Nandita Das
Director

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
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