Manto (2015 film)
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Manto (Urdu: منٹو) is a 2015 Pakistani biographical drama film based on the life of Pakistani short-story writer Sadat Hassan Manto, starring Sarmad Khoosat in the title role.[3] It was directed by Khoosat himself, produced by Babar Javed, and written by Shahid Nadeem, whose screenplay was adapted from Manto's short stories,[4] particularly "Thanda Gosht", "Madari", "License", "Hatak" and "Peshawar Se Lahore".[5] It also depicts his relationship with singer-actress Noor Jehan.[6] The film was released on 11 September 2015, sixty years after Manto's death.[7]
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Directed by | Sarmad Khoosat |
Screenplay by | Shahid Nadeem |
Produced by | Babar Javed |
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Cinematography | Khizer Idrees |
Edited by | Kashif Nawazish Kashif Sarmad Khoosat |
Music by | Jamal Rahman |
Production company | A & B Entertainment |
Distributed by | Geo Films |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | Pakistan |
Language | Urdu |
Box office | Rs. 50.5 million (US$170,000)[2] |
The full-length official trailer was released on 29 August 2015.[8] The motion trailer along with film music was released on 6 August 2015.[9] 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.