SADAT HASSAN MANTO

SAADAT HASAN MANTO:

The writing of Manto

Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto
Manto chronicled the chaos that prevailed, during and after the Partition of India in 1947.He started his literary career translating work of literary giants, such as Victor Hugo, Oscar Wilde and Russian writers such as Chekhov and Gorky. His first story was "Tamasha", based on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar.Though his earlier works, influenced by the progressive writers of his times,showed a marked leftist and socialist leanings, his later work progressively became stark in portraying the darkness of the human psyche, as humanist values progressively declined around the Partition. His final works, which grew from the social climate and his own financial struggles, reflected an innate sense of human impotency towards darkness and contained a satirism that verged on dark comedy, as seen in his final work, Toba Tek Singh. It not only showed the influence of his own demons, but also that of the collective madness that he saw in the ensuing decade of his life. To add to it, his numerous court cases and societal rebukes deepened his cynical view of society, from which he felt isolated.No part of human existence remained untouched or taboo for him, he sincerely brought out stories of prostitutes and pimps alike, just as he highlighted the subversive sexual slavery of the women of his times. To many contemporary women writers, his language portrayed reality and provided them with the dignity they long deserved.He is still known for his scathing insight into human behaviour as well as revelation of the macabre animalistic nature of an enraged people, that stands out amidst the brevity of his prose. Saadat Hasan Manto is often compared with D. H. Lawrence, partly because he wrote about taboos of Indo-Pakistani Society. His concerns on the socio-political issues, from local to global are revealed in his series, Letters to Uncle Sam, and those to Pandit Nehru. On his writing he often commented, "If you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. With my stories, I only expose the truth".[2]

Saadat Hassan Mantobest Urdu short story writer

Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto was arguably the best Urdu short story writer and the best writer of "realistic prose" in South Asia. He was also a maverick in a society prickly about "obscenity" in literature, a problem that an ideological Pakistan is still struggling with. But today, his cardinal sin is the implied non-acceptance in his works of the 1947 Partition of India, which passed muster in his day, but in 2013 would have attracted the mischief of Section 123-A of the Penal Code of Pakistan, landing him in prison for 10 years. Manto was liked by neither the strait-laced Muslim nor the secularised left-wing revolutionary clashing with the British Raj and its successor "imperialist", the United States. He also related oddly to his contemporaries, especially intolerant of the mediocrity his trade was crawling with. His writing style — hardly pyrotechnic, but laced with rhythmic magic that overcomes the reader by the time he ends the story — is distilled from the "no frills" writings of Maupassant, Zola, Hugo, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Somerset Maugham, O. Henry and D.H. Lawrence. He was a voracious reader of Western literature.[3]

Major Work

Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto
During his career, Manto wrote more than two hundred stories and a number of essays, film scripts, and radio plays. However, his greatest contributions to Indian literature were his mastery of the short story genre and his use of the Urdu language. Some of his well-known Urdu short stories include Bu, Khol Do, Thanda Gosht, and Toba Tek Singh, that were promptly translated into English after Mantos death. Manto, throughout his lifetime, remained cross with the social and literary founding of his times. His writing was considered to be bold and obscene and various charges were put on him where he was literally brought to trial in India and Pakistan. But he did not yield to all this malarkey. He remained insubordinate and unrepentant. In fact, he infuriated the authorities by writing more literary stuff on the god-men, politicians and the heads of the society. There were people who thought that he was a lunatic and everything he said or did was distasteful and there were other kind of people who thought that he was just a very explicit and provocative writer. But there were other kind of people who considered him to be the greatest Urdu writer of all times. His stories were dark and represented the tainted side of the human psyche but it was very much realistic and is relevant to all times and generations. He has openly written about the haunting violence during the time of partition that both the people of Pakistan and India face. He attacked the political system of that time, which supported partition, in his writing. He not only projected the victims of the hate crime in a sad light but he also presented the people who resorted to violence as the victims of a devious political system. He already felt isolated from the society but the criticism and admonish for his explicit and honest writing that he used to receive made him more and more cynical about human nature and society. He did not consider anything as taboo and acknowledged all the hidden aspects of the society. He has even written about the sexual hypocrisy of the society by bringing the stories of the prostitutes and pimps on the forefront. He was dead against the concept of sexual slavery of women. Many women writers have appreciated Mantos capability to portray the plight of women in sexual slavery in his times quite honest and realistic. He is generally compared to D.H. Lawrence in his writing style as both of these writers used to write about the taboos of their respective societies with directness and without any inhibitions. When Manto was blamed for the profanity in his writings, he said, If you cannot bear these stories then you must know that the society is also unbearable. Who am I to remove the clothes of the society, which itself is naked? I do not even try to cover it, because it is not my job that is the job of the dressmakers of the society.[4]

A changed man

Saadat Hasan Manto
Saadat Hasan Manto
In a few years, his complexion became pale and his hair turned grey. He was seen reading his story " Toba Tek Singh" at YMCA Hall at the annual meeting of Halqa-e Arbab-e Zauq. He looked older than his years, but he read his story in his usual dramatic style and when he finished reading it there was pin drop silence in the hall and there were tears in everyone's eyes. In later days, Manto regularly appeared in the Pak Tea House and other literary functions, but he seemed to be in great stress. Whereas he was once known for his witty remarks in literary gatherings, in later days he would not tolerate any criticism. He had become extremely touchy and would shout back at his critics. People started avoiding him because he would not hesitate from borrowing money from them.

Death

He embarked on a journey of self-destruction.The substandard alcohol that he consumed destroyed his liver and in the winter of 1955 he fell victim to liver cirrhosis. He was 42 years old at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife Safiyah and three daughters.On January 18, 2005, the fiftieth anniversary of his death, Manto was commemorated on a Pakistani postage stamp[5]

Manto Paksitani Movie 2015 On Saadat Hasan Manto

Manto (Urdu: منٹو‎) is a 2015 Pakistani biographical drama film based on the life of Indo-Pakistani short-story writer Sadat Hassan Manto, starring Sarmad Khoosat in the title role. Main manto first will be released a Pakistani film then the serial vise drama will be on air.This drama serial and film will describe the true story of the story writer and the famous novelist saadat hasan Manto. This film is produced by the GEO films and the drama serial will be on air in ARY digital.Main manto is the story of the novelist and describe how the saadat hasan manto write his short stories and how people react against his stories and novels this film later will be drama will describe the complete picture of the saadat hasan manto life. The story of the main manto is written by Shahid Nadeem and directed by Sarmad sultan khoosat and the genre of the drama is and film main manto is bibliography.[6]

Cast of the Manto Movie 2015

  1. Sarmad Khoosatas appear  Manto
  2. Sania Saeedas appear Begum Manto
  3. Mahira Khanas appear gigantic Monkey
  4. Saba Qamaras  appear Noor Jahan
  5. Faisal Qureshi
  6. Imran Abbasas appear Talochan Singh
  7. Savera Nadeem
  8. Adnan Jaffar
  9. Hina Khawaja Bayat
  10. Nadia Afghan
  11. Tipu Sharif
  12. Yasra Rizvi
  13. Mohammed Hanif
  14. Nimra Bucha
  15. Afraz Rasool
  16. Irfan Khoosat

Urdu Short Story Manto

Manto's Short Stories. [7]
  • Tetwal Ka Kutta
  • Toba Tek Singh
  • Meri Shadi
  • Shughal 
  •  Izzat K lye
  • Aakhri Salute 
  •  Majeed Ka Mazi
  • Khooni Thook
  • Puja Phadday Baz
  • Allah Dittah
  •  Chori
  • Duhwan
  • Jao Haneef Jao
  • Jhooti Kahani  
  • Miss Mala 
  • Mamad Bhayi 
  • Shadi 
  • Thanda Gausht 
  • Aankhain
  • Ab Aur Kuch Kehnay Ki Zaroorat Nahi
  • Actress Ki Aankh
  • Aulad
  • Baanjh
  • Bachni
  • Baghair Ijazat
  • Basit
  • Bhangan
  • Bismillah
  • Intizar (Drama)
  • Naya Qanoon
  • Pareeshani Ka Sabab
  • Pehchan
  • Tamasha
  • Ullu Ka Patha
  • Us Ka Pati
  • Gentlemanoon ka Brush
  • Jaib-e-Kafan
  • Jhooti Kahani
  • Jism Aur Rooh
  • Peeran
  • Phusphusi Kahani
  • Phaha
  • Terhi Lakeer
  • Talawwun
  • Tangay Walay Ka Bhayi
  • Taraqqi Pasand
  • Tu-Tu

 

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