Play1-Gossips of 47

Gossips of 47’ (best of saadat hasan manto) was premiered at Rangashankara Theatre in Bangalore on 21st 7.30 pm & 22nd September 3.30 pm & 7.30 pm. Starring Kamal Pruthi & Amjad Prawej, Tickets on bookmyshow, 8861907362 .............................................................................................................................................. Saadat Hassan Manto (May 11, 1912 – January 18, 1955) was a short story writer of the Urdu language. He is best known for his short stories, 'Bu' (Odour), 'Khol Do' (Open It), 'Thanda Gosht' (Cold Meat), and his magnum opus, 'Toba Tek Singh'. Manto was also a film and radio scriptwriter, and journalist. In his short life, he published twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches. Manto was tried for obscenity half-a-dozen times, thrice before 1947 and thrice after 1947 in Pakistan, but never convicted. Some of his works have been translated in other languages.