Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is now Nandita Das' Manto!

Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das is gearing up to make a movie on famous Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto and we have learned that the lead role will be played by none other than Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

Approving the news, Das, who will helm the Indo-French production, disclosed that she had Nawaz in mind since day one for the role and that though there was a pressure on her to cast a mainstream actor, she decided to go ahead with Nawaz. Das added that the movie will cover a period of seven years between 1946 and 1952, which was an important phase in the history of the subcontinent.

Nandita also disclosed that the movie, which will be titled Manto, will not be a cradle-to-grave biopic, but a drama celebrating the life and work of a writer who was a natural rebel.


Nawaz will be next seen playing a serial killer in Raman Raghav 2.0, which also stars Vicky Kaushal.

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