5 Quotes of Manto That Tell Us Why Mantoiyat Will Live On!

‘Manto’ starring Nawazuddin  Siddiqui is all set to hit the screens. 

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Nawazuddin Siddiqui in and as Manto.
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui in and as Manto.
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While the society regressed, his writings progressed.

“My job is to write with a white chalk, so that I can draw attention to the blackness of the board.” - Manto

As times changed so did the people and with them literature did too. But Manto’s beliefs, stand unchanged even today.

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He lived his stories so much so that there was a ‘Manto’ in most of them.

If he wasn't so pained, he wouldn't have been immortalized as Manto.

Manto spoke as he thought, wrote as he saw. To know more about him & his Mantoiyat, visit your nearest cinemas on 21st September.

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Published: 20 Sep 2018,08:04 PM IST

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