Manto (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Sarmad Khoosat |
| Screenplay by | Shahid Nadeem |
| Based on | Manto's Autobiography by Saadat Hassan Manto |
| Produced by | Babar Javed |
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| Cinematography | Khizer Idrees |
| Edited by | Kashif Nawazish Kashif Sarmad Khoosat |
| Music by | Jamal Rahman |
Production company | A & B Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Geo Films |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
| Box office | Rs. 50.5 million (US$170,000) |
Manto (Urdu: منٹو) is a 2015 Pakistani biographical drama film based on the life of Pakistani short-story writer Saadat Hassan Manto, starring Sarmad Khoosat in the title role. It was directed by Khoosat himself, produced by Babar Javed, and written by Shahid Nadeem, whose screenplay was adapted from Manto's short stories, particularly "Thanda Gosht", "Madari", "License", "Hatak" and "Peshawar Se Lahore". It also depicts his relationship with singer-actress Noor Jehan. The film was released on 11 September 2015, sixty years after Manto's death.
The full-length official trailer was released on 29 August 2015. The motion trailer along with film music was released on 6 August 2015. The TV series on the life of the writer entitled Main Manto with the same cast and production, initially made in 2012, was aired in December 2015.