Mantostaan (transl. Manto's land)[1] is a 2017 Indian film directed by Rahat Kazmi.[2] The film is based on the four short stories of the Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto - "Thanda Gosht", "Khol Do", "Assignment", and "Akhiri Salute".[3]

Mantostaan
Directed by	Rahat Kazmi
Based on	Thanda Gosht Khol Do Assignment Akhiri Salute by Saadat Hasan Manto
Produced by	Aaditya Pratap Singh Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh Rahat Kazmi Tariq Khan
Starring	Raghubir Yadav Sonal Sehgal Virendra Saxena
Edited by	Sandeep Singh Bajeli Bhanu Pratap Singh
Release date	5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Cast

• Raghubir Yadav as Sirajuddin[4][5][6]
• Virendra Saxena as Milan Sahab[7]
• Sonal Sehgal as Kulwant Kaur
• Shoib Nikash Shah as Eshar Singh
• Aaditya Pratap Singh as Aaditya
• Rahat Kazmi as Rabi Nawaz
• Raina Baasnet as Sugra
• Sakshi Bhatt as Sakina

Synopsis

The movie is based on the four stories of the Urdu Writer Saadat Hasan Manto.[8][9] Mantostaan sheds light on the inhumane side of mankind. Set during the Indo-Pakistan partition in 1947, the movie highlights the retributive genocide between the religions, killing as many as 2,000,000 people and displacing over 14 million people.[10]

Production

This film has been mostly shot in Poonch (town), Jammu and Mumbai.[11]

Release

This film has released in India on 5 May 2017 to positive reviews.[12]

See also

• Kali Salwar

References

External links

• Mantostaan at IMDb