Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who stars as Saadat Haasan Manto in "Manto" -- an Indian film that is not getting released in Pakistan -- says society continues to remain stubborn in its reluctance to accept the bitter truth. As the film has not got the green light for release, writers, activists and journalists got together last week to protest in different cities of Pakistan.

While "Manto" director Nandita Das has expressed gratitude to the supporters, Nawazuddin told IANS here: "The majority of the society has not grown up intellectually to embrace the truth. That is why we are still living in the same society and stuck in time... That is why what Saadat Hassan Manto faced in his time is still the reality. The problems are still existing and his story is still relevant."