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Sarmad Khoosat's 'Manto' wins at Jaipur Film Festival

Sarmad Khoosat's 'Manto' wins at Jaipur Film Festival

While Sarmad won 'Best Actor' for playing Manto, his film also bagged the prize for 'Best Sound and Editing'.
Updated 08 Jan, 2016

Looks like Manto is making waves in India — Sarmad Sultan Khoosat's biopic on the iconoclast short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto won him the award for 'Best Actor' award as well as the prize for 'Best Sound and Editing'.

While Sarmad played the role of Manto, it was Jamal Rehman who looked after the sound and editing of the film. Sarmad thanked everyone for their best wishes and prayers after he won the award at the fest and was congratulated by many including Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Samina Peerzada, Savera Nadeem among others.

Manto was the opening film at the festival that kicked off on January 2 along with Bollywood hit Piku.

The film has been making rounds all over the globe and had also seen a sold-out show at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival. Not only that, it was also screened at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, University of California, Berkeley, Georgetown University and University of Texas, Austin.

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Ali Rizvi Jan 08, 2016 03:59pm
gr8 news for Pakistani cinema!
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ZS Jan 08, 2016 07:21pm
Well done Sarmad and team by brining the greatest Urdu writer Manto to life. I must say someone should also take his writings and be able to translate in major languages. It is a hidden asset from the eyes of the world.
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Anshul Jan 08, 2016 09:55pm
Like to watch in theatre but dont know will it be showcase widely, as not commercially viable I know. Any way internet is useful thing ;)
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charu Jan 08, 2016 10:50pm
one of Manto's adaptations "kali salwaar" was made into i moview way back in India...fantastic movie...was the first time heard of the man
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Sudhakar USA Jan 09, 2016 03:41am
This shows that ordinary Indians don't hate ordinary Pakistanis. Cultural tastes are similar. Good work is appreciated without any bias.
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Muhammad dawood Jan 09, 2016 08:31am
And music was so awesome specially mehram dilan de mahi....by shiv kumar
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