Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Manto

Nandita Das is busy perfecting her labour of love, Manto, before it is screened at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world next month. "Next few days will go in putting the finishing touches and then the baby will be delivered," wrote the proud filmmaker on her Facebook page, as soon as news trickled in of her biopic on Saadat Hasan Manto being selected for Cannes Film Festival 2018 in the Un Certain Regard segment.