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Ramachandran was an artist with an epic vision

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A. Ramachandran in 2012
Published on Feb 12, 2024 04:04 PM IST

Roundabout: A Tryst with Translation

TELLING TALES: Translators Arunava Sinha, Baran Farooqi and novelist Khalid Javed. (HT Photos)
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 01:43 AM IST

The CAA is a humane law. Do not get misled

Article 14 forbids class legislation, but allows for a separate class of people to be created by a law
Published on Dec 22, 2019 07:50 PM IST

Manto and Chughtai: The Essential Stories, a collection of short stories by Saadat Hasan Manto and Ismat Chughtai published

The collection, by two of the most prominent Urdu writers of modern India, features some of the best known stories on themes such as communal violence, the Partition, sex, relationships, and more.
Updated on Aug 24, 2019 01:08 PM IST

Famous friendships and reckoning: How to be a friend in times of social media

In the times of digital friendships, there are so many ways to express and show who stands where in your life.
Updated on Aug 04, 2019 09:45 AM IST

Another biopic, another Nawaz

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Writer Sanjay Raut and Amrita Rao in Lucknow.
Published on Jan 24, 2019 03:54 PM IST

Top ten quotes about famous cities around the world, this World Cities Day

On World Cities Day, read quotes about famous cities around the world.
Updated on Oct 31, 2018 03:08 PM IST

Review: Kitty’s War by Daman Singh

An M3 Lee tank crosses a river to meet the Japanese advance in March 1944 during the Battle of Imphal.
Updated on Oct 27, 2018 12:19 PM IST

Review: Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif

A vintage WW2 poster of the US Marines. A more contemporary model crash lands in a camp somewhere in Pakistan in Red Birds.
Updated on Oct 12, 2018 08:14 PM IST

Mumbaiwale: Walking down Manto’s memory lanes

“If you haven’t been to Bombay, you might not believe that no-one takes an interest in anyone else,” Manto says in Bombay Stories.
Updated on Sep 29, 2018 05:26 PM IST

Manto’s Bombay stories and Mumbai’s debt

Writer Saadat Hasan Manto.
Updated on Sep 27, 2018 12:02 AM IST

Manto and the outrage industry

Saadat Hasan Manto
Updated on Sep 23, 2018 06:43 AM IST

Jalandhar girl Madhurjeet Sarghi plays Manto’s elder sister

Madhurjeet Sarghi
Updated on Sep 23, 2018 09:41 AM IST

Manto movie review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui pours out a glassful of Manto

Manto movie review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Saadat Hasan Manto.
Updated on Sep 22, 2018 12:44 PM IST

HT Picks

This week’s interesting reads include Mohammed Hanif, Manto, and a Korean novel.
Updated on Sep 07, 2018 08:47 PM IST

Nawazuddin Siddiqui says these days even rubbish films become massive hits

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who plays the late Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto in his next, offered to do it just for Re 1. (YouTube)
Published on Sep 06, 2018 03:03 PM IST

Nawazuddin Siddiqui charged Re 1 for Manto, Rishi Kapoor did it for free

Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Saadat Hasan Manto.
Updated on Aug 29, 2018 02:03 PM IST

Toba Tek Singh movie review: Pankaj Kapur disappoints, all eyes on Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Manto

Manto movie review: If only to hear Pankaj Kapur say, “Upar di gur gur di annexe di bedhiyana di moong di daal of di Pakistan and Hindustan of di durr phitey mun.”
Updated on Aug 27, 2018 05:13 PM IST

Manto trailer: Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer is a film for our unbearable times

Nawazuddin Siddiqui in and as Manto.
Updated on Aug 15, 2018 10:26 AM IST

I like to play characters which are complex and not cliched, says Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawazuddin Siddiqui is working in diverse projects.
Updated on Jun 27, 2018 09:27 PM IST

Manto has power to transcend borders, says Tahir Raj Bhasin

Tahir Raj Bhasin plays Manto’s close friend in Nandita Das’ film.
Updated on Jun 10, 2018 12:39 PM IST

Democracy under attack in India, says Manto director Nandita Das

Nandita Das’ Manto was recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 02:05 PM IST

Children give a whole new perspective: Samit Kakkad

Director Samit Kakkad at the 47th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival 2018
Updated on Jun 07, 2018 08:59 PM IST

I’m done with my quota of small roles, says Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Nawauddin Siddiqui’s Manto has received appreciation in Cannes 2018.
Updated on May 16, 2018 07:26 PM IST

The audience was with the film, says Rasika Dugal on Manto’s screening at Cannes 2018

Rasika Dugal plays Safiyah Manto in the film.
Updated on May 15, 2018 01:35 PM IST

Cannes day 6: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan brings the glamour, Nawazuddin the gravitas

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Aaradhya pose with Helen Mirren at Cannes.
Updated on May 14, 2018 11:16 AM IST

Delhi this weekend: On Saadat Hasan Manto’s 106th birthday, watch two plays based on his stories

One of the finest short story writers of modern Indian literature, Manto was born on May 11, 1912, in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Updated on May 11, 2018 09:56 AM IST

Nawazuddin Siddiqui takes free speech hero Manto to Cannes Film Festival

Nawazuddin in a still from Manto.
Updated on May 07, 2018 02:18 PM IST