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Critics Review
4.00
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Is Phenomenally Good As The Anguished Writer
Manto is a highly watchable, immediately thought-provoking cinematic work that does not have to deliver sledgehammer blows quite in the manner of Manto's more confrontational stories.(more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee , NDTV Movies
2.00
The Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer leaves you wanting more
There is a gap, a curious distance, between the vision and the execution, and much of the film, including Nawazuddin Siddiqui, resides in it.(more)
Source: Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express
3.50
Nawazuddin Siddiqui shines as the legendary Saadat Hasan Manto
The film, however, lacks flow. The Bombay portions feel like clips of a highlight reel, but these scenes are buoyed by lyricism and spirit, even though the editing is choppy and some moments flash by too hurriedly. The Lahore half, more conventionally linear, feels eventually tedious, with hoary scenes of tormented creators and sick children.(more)
Source: Raja Sen., Hindustan Times
4.00
ealism with Nawazuddin's performance is flavour of the film
Manto is quite realistic in terms of changing dynamics of a relationship - be it friendship, marriage or even life as a whole. That is truly the crux and the best part of the film - because it stays true to what life as a whole is - bunch of roses with thorns.(more)
Source: SHAHEEN IRANI, Deccan Chronicle
3.50
Nandita Das' stirring portrait of a genius brings us the best that Nawazuddin Siddiqui has ever been
The messaging in this film is for us to imbibe if we wish, as she chronicles a remarkable, dramatic true story in an engagingly unmelodramatic style. In doing so, Das makes her Manto a stirring, sensitive portrait of a tortured genius from an era seemingly long past yet tragically mirroring our troubled present.(more)
Source: Anna MM Vetticad, Firstpost.com
3.00
Watch the film for the director's flawless interweaving of Manto's poignant writing into her script and watch it for the words - spoken and unspoken.
Nandita Das tries to get into the mind of Manto to understand him as a person and she succeeds to a certain degree. However, you wish the film explored his psyche more than the events leading up to his doom - alcohol addiction, self-destructive loneliness, financial crisis, and longing for his friends and a place he called home. Manto is an authentic but jaded observation of a man who defied rules, challenged the status quo and changed the way one looked at life.(more)
Source: Renuka Vyavahare, Times Of India
3.50
Nandita Das film is a brilliant portrait of a self-destructive creator
The film struggles as it turns to showcase the downfall of an artist. The legal quagmire that consumes Manto in Lahore for his story, Thanda Gosht, comes across as fleeting proceedings with more cameos with few substantial ideas. As Manto becomes isolated, the film too begins to lose connection with the viewers as Das tries to pack in more of his writings and historical moments in the running time.(more)
Source: Suhani Singh, India Today
3.50
Naked Truth Clothed In A Vintage Series Of Stories!
Manto is like a whiskey which pures your soul, it might give you a dry mouth afterwards but isn't that a sign of one fine alcohol? Watch this for brilliant performances, gutsy direction & writing, a never seen before Mumbai and hardships of a man who chose to portray the truth in his style.(more)
Source: Umesh Punwani, Koimoi