Toba Tek Singh (film)

Toba Tek Singh is an Indian film based on Saadat Hassan Manto's short story of the same name. The short film is written and directed by Ketan Mehta and produced by Shailja Kejriwal. It stars Pankaj Kapoor and Vinay Pathak. It was released digitally on the video on-demand platform ZEE5 on 24 August 2018.[1]

Toba Tek Singh
Directed byKetan Mehta
Produced by
Written by
  • Ketan Mehta
  • Udit Chandrau
Screenplay byKetan Mehta
Story bySaadat Hasan Manto
Based onTob Tek Singh
by Saadat Hasan Manto
Music byAnurag Saikia
CinematographyRaktim Mondal
Edited by
  • Udit Chandraul
  • Shailesh Gupta
Release date
  • 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

The story takes place just before the India-Pakistan partition in one of the oldest mental asylums in undivided India. Situated in Lahore, it was home to Hindu, Muslim and Sikh patients who were left behind by their uncaring families. Friendships were thick between the patients who had nobody but each other for company. Each had a story that made for an interesting tale but none quite like Bishan Singh. The story of his journey from sanity to madness stemmed from the village he came from, Toba Tek Singh. Now all he does is stay awake every day and night and such has been the case for the last 10 years. But what happens when partition causes him to leave the country he has known to be home in his sane and insane state of mind? It is a story of displacement and how painful it is even for the people who are not in their senses in a worldly way. Irrespective of who you were and what state of mind you were in, partition had nothing but pain for people who experienced it and this is what this film based on the poignant tale by celebrated writer Saadat Hasan Manto, examines.

Cast
  • Pankaj Kapur as Toba Tek Singh[2]
  • Vinay Pathak as Saddat Hassan[2]
  • Gaurav Dwivedi
  • Nand Kishore Pant
  • Ajay Kumar
  • Vijai Singh
  • Vishwa Bhanu
  • Malkiat Rouni
  • Daljit Singh
  • Sheikh Noor Islam
  • Gilles Chuyen
  • Swami Sarabjeet

References
  1. "Filmmaker Ketan Mehta: Society is more violent and polarised now". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  2. "Toba Tek Singh movie review: Pankaj Kapur disappoints, all eyes on Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Manto". Hindustan Times. 27 August 2018.
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