There was no first day, first show for Nandita Das's Manto in several cities in India, and that left the actress-filmmaker "hugely disappointed".
Manto, co-produced by HP Studios, Filmstoc and Viacom18 Motion Pictures, traces the life of writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Nawazuddin Siddiqui has brought the character to life.
The film was released today. But its morning shows were cancelled in several cities like Delhi, Noida, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad.
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After getting several personal messages and coming across many posts complaining of show cancellations on Twitter, Das tweeted: "This is shocking! I just got a similar message from a friend in Ahmedabad... What's going on? Viacom18 BookMyShow"
"Hugely disappointed... Six years of work and many people's collective intent and commitment was to find its culmination this morning. Am assured by Viacom18 it will be fixed at noon today. Please let us know if it hasn't been. Spreading Mantoiyat will not stop," she added.