Summary
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.
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Cast
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Saadat Hasan Manto
Rasika Dugal
Safia
Tahir Raj Bhasin
Sunder Shyam
Feryna Wazheir
Nargis
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
Paresh Rawal
Pimp
Tillotama Shome
Prostitute
Shashank Arora
Shaad Amritsari
Sadat Pervez
Krishan Chandar
Ashwini Giri
Sarita's mother
Purab Kohli
Kifaayat
Chittaranjan Tripathy
Anwar
Vedieka Dutt
Auditioning Girl 1
Feryna Wazheir
K. Asif
Mahabir Bhullar
Shyam's uncle
Kulbir Badesron
Shyam's aunt
Gurdas Mann
Sakina's father - Sirajuddin
Inaamulhaq
Hamid Jalal
Shahnawaz Pradhan
Moderator
Govind Pandey
Inspector
Neeraj Kabi
Man at the tea stall
Danish Husain
Arshad Zaidi
Vijay Varma
Ansaar Shabnam Dil
Nassar Abdulla
Officer - asylum