Nandita Das' Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer 'Manto' not to be shot in Lahore

Mumbai: In the wake of the tension between India and Pakistan post the Uri terror attack and India’s retaliatory surgical strike, Nandita Das’ Saadat Hasan Manto biopic, ‘Manto’ will not be shot in Lahore.

The film, that’ll have Nawazuddin Siddiqui portraying the eponymous writer, was to be shot in Lahore, where he’d moved to from Mumbai, post partition, in 1948.

“We all know that Manto spent three-fourth of his life in India but had to leave Bombay, the city he loved, and spent only his last seven years in Lahore. So, to maintain authenticity, we did have plans to shoot in Lahore. But considering the present situation between the two countries, we will need to shoot those portions somewhere in India. We are looking at several options. I have recently returned from a recce in Delhi,” Mumbai Mirror quoted Nandita as saying.

Nandita has joined a huge list of film personalities to be affected by the prevalent tension between the two countries, worst hit being Karan Johar and Shah Rukh Khan, whose films star Pakistani actors.