April 12,2018
Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das' much-awaited "Manto" directorial, which stars
actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto, has made its way to
the Un Certain Regard segment of the prestigious 71st Cannes Film Festival.
The official line-up was announced on the gala's website on Thursday.
"Manto", a biographical historical period drama film about the writer who is
known for his writings around the partition of India and Pakistan, is the only
Indian film in Un Certain Regard category of the gala. The film fest is to be
held from May 8 to 19.
"We are in Cannes! 'Manto' is selected in the
official section Un Certain Regards. Exciting moment for the entire crew and
cast," Nandita tweeted.
Nawazuddin wrote: "'And it is possible that
Saadat Hasan dies, but Manto remains alive'. Glad to inform that ‘Manto' is
selected for competition at Cannes 2018 in Un Certain Regard section.
Congratulations Nandita Das and Team 'Manto'."
The film also features
Tahir Raj Bhasin as Shyam Chaddha, who was Manto's friend, confidant and
inspiration for a number of stories.
Actress Rasika Dugal essays the role
of Manto's wife Safia, while Rajshri Deshpande will play the part of author
Ismat Chughtai. Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor too also be seen essaying a minor
role in the film.
The background score of the movie has been given by
table maestro Zakir Hussain while the music has been composed by Sneha
Khanwalkar.
Cannes Film Festival will this year open with Asghar
Farhadi's Spanish-language thriller "Everybody Knows", starring Javier Bardem,
Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darin.
Among the films in the special
screenings section are Gilles Porte's documentary "The State Against Mandela and
The Others", "10 Years in Thailand" and Wim Wenders's documentary "Pope Francis
- A Man of his Word".
Netflix has boycotted the festival to protest films
produced by streaming platforms from being banned from the competition section.
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