Manto Movie Review: Never Before Does Nawazuddin Siddiqui Make Mantoiyat Come Alive On Big Screen

Manto is much like a brilliant piece of work. The movie’s ending left a lot of emotion for viewers. Let’s see how the film director Nandita Das depicts her characters. Also, don’t hesitate to read the meaning she conveys his real-life events.

The film first impressed fans with a short story about Manto. The film background set was in the 1940s. Manto movie is mostly based on India’s post-independence period during the 1940s.

Manto Movie: Stars & Actors

It is a great biological drama film in which it depicts Saadat Hasan Manto, a renowned Urdu author. As regards main characters, the author and writer Manto in the film gets starred by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Tahir Raj Bhasin plays a successful role of a Bollywood celebrity whose name is Shyam Chadda in the 1940s. Throughout the film, Shyam plays a role as a Manto’s soul mate and friend. Moreover, Shyram is also a rich source of inspiration for a plenty of Manto’s stories. Another noticeable character that the director, Nandita Das demonstrates is Safia who plays as Manto’s wife. The superstar who plays this role is Rasika Dugal.

The world-known Indian filmmaker and actress, Nandita Das has conveyed a meaningful story to the real life. That story is about violent ones of the controversial author, Manto. To make the principal character familiar with the viewers, Nandita Das inspired viewers by an attractive introduction to a momentous writer of the 20th century.

Manto Movie: Thoughts & Feelings

The short story has its language written in Urdu. Shocking, sexual, violent, and sharpening, the movie reminisces about Isaac Babel in the years of 30’ and 40’. People’s life at brevity impact during that period is clearly depicted in the film. What’s more, they entered the film and the biography of the writer so harmoniously that they could become a part of his life.

His life transferred from a Bombay’s illustrious writer and author to just a fragile one. He then moved to Lahore post-independence. And, this is when his writings and piece of work were blamed for “sensationalism”. Manto acted so seamlessly that he charmingly interlaces his real-life events with other author’s contentious writings such as Toba Tek Singh, Khol Do, Dus Rupay Ka Note, and Thanda Gosht.

It is a sad fact that writers often find themselves lonely people. Hence, they need to find support, relief, and consolation in their own fictional stories in general and characters in particular. They seem to struggle a lot to have their own world even when they are overwhelmed by the crowd. The author Manto in the film and the well-known Urdu poet have explored a world filled with fiction. And, that is the world of imagination which is based on the pungent and harsh realities that he observes.

A highlight of the film was the great friendship better Manto and Shyam. He had a good rapport with Shyam, a Hindi superstar. However, these two friends were a bit different in some aspects. One lived introvertedly; whereas the other was active enchanter who wished to bring it to the screen. The scene that obviously shows these contradictory characters is the one in which Manto & Shyam use the term “Hiptulla”.

One of the greatest scenes is the way Manto and Shyam lift the toast to “Hiptullah”. It took places several hours was on a boat to Pakistan. In the same scene, Shyam proudly yells Pakistan Zindabad while Manto does the same for Bharat Zindabad. Definitely, it is such a tearful moment that will attract viewers.