
In Defence Of Freedom
2017-03-23 · 6 min · Not rated
This short film is literally a conglomeration of all the beautiful dialogues that were said by Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the feature film Manto(2018) by Nandita Das.
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- Nandita Das
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- India
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- Released
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Nawazuddin SiddiquiSadat Hasan Manto
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