Main Manto
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| Directed by | Sarmad Khoosat |
| Produced by | Babar Javed |
| Screenplay by | Shahid Nadeem |
| Based on | Sadat Hassan Manto |
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| Music by | Jamal Rahman |
| Cinematography | Khizer Idrees |
| Edited by | Kashif Nawazish Kashif Sarmad Khoosat |
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A & B Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Geo Films |
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127 minutes |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
| Box office | Rs5.05 crore (US$0.50 million) |
Manto (Urdu: منٹو) is a 2015 Pakistani biographical drama film based on the life of Indo-Pakistani short-story writer Sadat Hassan Manto, starring Sarmad Khoosat in the title role. It was directed by Khoosat himself, produced by Babar Javed, and written by Shahid Nadeem, whose screenplay was adapted from Manto's short stories, particularly "Thanda Gosht", "Madari", "License", "Hatak" and "Peshawar Se Lahore". It also depicts his relationship with singer-actress Noor Jehan. The film was released on 11 September 2015, sixty years after Manto's death.
The full-length official trailer was released on 29 August 2015. The motion trailer along with film music was released on 6 August 2015. The TV series on the life of writer entitled Main Manto with the same cast and production, initially made in 2012, was aired in December 2015.
The story is about a 20th-century writer, Manto (Sarmad Khoosat), who grew-up in the showbiz industry of Bombay (now Mumbai) and Lahore. It focuses the last seven years of the writer's life, during which he wrote some of his most controversial stories, such as "Thanda Gosht", "Toba Tek Singh", "License", "Upar, Neechay aur Darmiyan" and "Peshawar Se Lahore". For these, Manto had to face charges of obscenity thrice.
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