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Nandita Das on Manto: Wanted to show it takes courage to uphold truth
Updated On: 14 August, 2018 02:29 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Nandita Das on creating promo videos with influencers whose free speech was curtailed
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Nandita Das on the set of Manto
It is no coincidence that director Nandita Das has timed the trailer release of Manto - the biopic on celebrated writer Saadat Hasan Manto who was the flagbearer of freedom of speech - for Independence Day. In keeping with the film's theme, the makers launched a series of videos yesterday featuring several influencers whose free speech has been challenged in the past.
The series features stand-up comic Tanmay Bhat whose AIB roast in 2015 had landed him in legal trouble, Malishka Mendonsa who was sent a notice by the BMC after she poked fun at the civic body's ill-preparedness during monsoon last year, rapper Divine and social media influencer Saloni Chopra, among others.
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