Nandita Das

Actor-filmmaker Nandita Das, who is gearing up for her next directorial venture Manto, has said she was not trying to put Sadat Hassan Manto, the author and playwright, on a pedestal. Speaking at the teaser launch of Manto along with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rasika Dugal and Tahir Raj Bhasin, Nandita said Manto was not a message-driven film. "The idea is to tell a story for audience. We are not putting 'Manto' on a pedestal."