Nawazuddin Siddiqui transforms into the infamous Sadat Hassan MANTO.
The writer had to face 6 court trails for obscenity due to his short films like Kaali Salwar and Thanda Ghost. This is depicted beautifully in the film by Nandita Das. She is brilliant behind the camera. I could identify with Manto and his pain because humanity was showing him their ghastly nature. He could not tolerate the killing in the name of religion. He was impacted by the rapes and murders that took place in the era of partition. He could never recover from it. As an artist his sensibility was hurt and he wrote shamelessly to show a mirror to the society he was living in. My heart goes out to Manto and I salute him for being a fearless writer who could express himself so well.
