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Unfortunately Nandita Das's sophomore directorial venture Manto serves neither as a primer on the (in)famous author, nor offers any deeper insight to those familiar with his oeuvre. Sep 7, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Unfortunately Nandita Das's sophomore directorial venture Manto serves neither as a primer on the (in)famous author, nor offers any deeper insight to those familiar with his oeuvre.
Aparita Bhandari
"Manto" is elegant and old school, epic without losing sight of the personal. May 19, 2018 | Full Review…
"Manto" is elegant and old school, epic without losing sight of the personal.
Maggie Lee
Captures the spirit of the great Urdu poet and writer. May 15, 2018 | Full Review…
Captures the spirit of the great Urdu poet and writer.
Deborah Young
Going in, I'd expected Manto to provoke and make a statement at every opportunity. What I got instead, was an unflinching portrait of a man who despised taking the middle road. Mar 11, 2019 | Full Review…
Going in, I'd expected Manto to provoke and make a statement at every opportunity. What I got instead, was an unflinching portrait of a man who despised taking the middle road.
Poulomi Das
Manto is an engrossing experience and one that finds itself perhaps more relevant today than it might've been even ten years ago. Oct 4, 2018 | Full Review…
Manto is an engrossing experience and one that finds itself perhaps more relevant today than it might've been even ten years ago.
J Hurtado
The maestro Zakir Hussain provides an intricate background score, one that is occasionally highlighted by a discordant, drunken sitar twang. This sense of intoxication informs the visuals as well. Sep 21, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The maestro Zakir Hussain provides an intricate background score, one that is occasionally highlighted by a discordant, drunken sitar twang. This sense of intoxication informs the visuals as well.
Raja Sen
As Manto, Siddiqui is at the top of his game, embodying his mannerisms and body language, but even he cannot make up for the flaws in the script. Sep 21, 2018 | Full Review…
As Manto, Siddiqui is at the top of his game, embodying his mannerisms and body language, but even he cannot make up for the flaws in the script.
Shilpa Jamkhandikar
Director Nandita Das beautifully stitches five of the famous Urdu author's short stories into the narrative of his life's definitive five-year period. But perhaps her film's most distinctive trait is its contextualization of his life through his work... Sep 21, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Director Nandita Das beautifully stitches five of the famous Urdu author's short stories into the narrative of his life's definitive five-year period. But perhaps her film's most distinctive trait is its contextualization of his life through his work...
Rahul Desai
There is a wealth of detail here, based on copious research. However, in order to make sense of the numerous cameos and walk-on parts, viewers need to have a little knowledge of the world Manto inhabited Sep 21, 2018 | Full Review…
There is a wealth of detail here, based on copious research. However, in order to make sense of the numerous cameos and walk-on parts, viewers need to have a little knowledge of the world Manto inhabited
Nandini Ramnath
...it's a faithful recreation of the life and times of one of Indian subcontinent's literary giants whose writings are still as relevant today as they were then. Sep 20, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
...it's a faithful recreation of the life and times of one of Indian subcontinent's literary giants whose writings are still as relevant today as they were then.
Devesh Sharma
Watch it for the director's flawless interweaving of Manto's poignant writing into her script and watch it for the words - spoken and unspoken. Sep 18, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Watch it for the director's flawless interweaving of Manto's poignant writing into her script and watch it for the words - spoken and unspoken.
Renuka Vyavahare
Das displays great skill and sensitivity as a director, which unfortunately is held back by her choice of a conventional narrative template. Sep 6, 2018 | Full Review…
Das displays great skill and sensitivity as a director, which unfortunately is held back by her choice of a conventional narrative template.
Chelsea Phillips-Carr
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