Pankaj Kapur is a great actor and the reason I watched this. He plays his role wonderfully, as wonderfully as he played all the other roles I've seen him in.
I've never seen anything by Ketan Mehta and this film is the reason I will never knowingly watch anything of his again.
Where do I start? Did he even ever read Manto? Or did he just watch the Doordarshan adaptation and decided to make a really bad copy? Who is this nauseatingly correct and good-natured clown? Manto?? There are so many things wrong with this picture that it's not even a picture anymore. Pathetic, completely untrue, talentless piece of. Seriously. If you want to know about Manto, read Wikipedia, it will give you a better picture. If you want to watch Toba Tek Singh, watch the Doordarshan adaptation (which is not very good, but way better than this one). Or just read. Any of his stories. Such a talented writer deserves to be remember. Not distorted beyond recognition.
