Saadat Hasan Manto
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Early life. Saadat Hassan Manto was born in Paproudi village of Samrala, in the Ludhiana district of the Punjab, India in a Muslim family of barristers on 11 May 1912. [12] He belonged to a Kashmiri trading family that had settled in Amritsar in the early nineteenth century and taken up the legal profession.
Manto is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film based on the life of the prominent Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto, written and directed by Nandita Das. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the title character of Indo-Pakistani, author and writer Saadat Hasan Manto.
Dec 1, 2003 · A collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto, a controversial and influential Urdu writer from India and Pakistan. Read the introduction by his grandson, the reviews by other readers, and the excerpts from the stories that explore the themes of sex, violence, and Partition.
Saadat Hasan Manto has 401 books on Goodreads with 57385 ratings. Saadat Hasan Manto’s most popular book is Manto: Selected Stories.
Rekhta is a website that showcases the works of Saadat Hasan Manto, a world-renowned Urdu fiction writer. You can find his short stories, articles, quotes, dramas, books, videos and more on this site.
Sep 21, 2018 · A film directed by Nandita Das and starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the controversial Urdu writer who lived in India and Pakistan. The film depicts his struggles with censorship, alcoholism and partition in the 1940s and 50s.
Learn about the life and works of Saadat Hasan Manto, a controversial and progressive writer who tackled taboo topics in colonial South Asia. Read how he wrote about the partition, sexuality, violence, and his own mental asylum experience.
