Main Manto

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Main Manto
Genre Biographical
Drama
Written by Shahid Nadeem
Directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
Starring Sarmad Khoosat
Mahira Khan
Saba Qamar
Imran Abbas
Faisal Qureshi
Sania Saeed
Nimra Bucha
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of episodes 22
Production
Producer(s) Asif Raza Mir Of A & B Entertainment
Location(s) Lahore
Broadcast
Original channel ARY Digital

Main Manto (Urdu: میں منٹو, English: I Manto) is an upcoming Pakistani biographical drama television serial which will first be released as a film and later as a television series/serial, and is based on the real life of a novelist and short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto.[1][2] It is directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat and written by award-winner Shahid Nadeem, it will be aired on ARY Digital.[2] The serial stars Sarmad Khoosat, Mahira Khan, Saba Qamar, Imran Abbas, Faisal Qureshi, Sania Saeed and Nimra Bucha.

Plot

A story of a 20th-century writer "Manto" (Sarmad Khoosat), who grew-up in the showbiz industry of Bombay (now Mumbai) and Lahore.Some famous stories of Manto which were banned when they were written, are also dramatized and will be seen in this drama. [2]

Cast

References

  1. "Sarmad Sultan Khoosat is directing a new drama serial Manto". beingpakistani.com. Retrieved April 4, 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "“Mein Manto” – a drama on Saadat Hasan Manto’s life". The Express Tribune. November 28, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013. 

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