Manto: Rishi Kapoor, Javed Akhtar didn't charge a penny for Nandita Das's film

Nandita Das's film ''Manto'' features Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead role and he will be seen essaying the role of late Urdu writer Saadat Hasan in the film. Interestingly, celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, Gurdas Maan and Javed Akhtar didn't charge a penny for actress-filmmaker Nandita Das' forthcoming film "Manto". She said that there is more to life than money. Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who plays the late Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto in the film, offered to do it just for "Re 1 largely for Manto and little bit" for Nandita.

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