Episode 03: Ashok Kumar By Saadat Hasan Manto

Great Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto was known to have a very close friendship with the legendary actor Ashok Kumar (1911 - 2001), aka Dadamoni, who played lead roles in films such as Jeevan Naiya, Kangan, Bandhan, Azad and Aath Din. Profiling him, Manto says, Ashok Kumar’s career took off the moment Najm-ul-Hassan, eloped with his co-star Devika Rani.
Manto, in a rare moment of emotion, admits why and when he decided to leave for Pakistan at a time when he was a sought after screenwriter in the Bombay film industry.
‘Ganjay Farishtay’ (Bald Angels) is a Cine Ink podcast series in Urdu, based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s sketches, presented by broadcaster Pervaiz Alam.
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[@ranbirsinghraman1554]

इस एपिसोड के आखिरी हिस्से वाली आपकी प्रस्तुति सुनकर एक ही साथ आह और वाह वाह निकल पड़ी। अंतिम जुमले के साथ जाम चटकने की आवाज़ ने रियलिज्म का अनोखा एहसास कराया। वाह साहब वाह। जितनी तारीफ करुं कम होगी।

[@ranbirsinghraman1554]

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परवेज़ आलम साहब। आपकी यह पूरी की पूरी कलेक्शन बेहद शानदार और दिलचस्प है। आपका बहुत बहुत धन्यवाद शुक्रिया आभार । आपको अनेक शुभकामनाएं ।

[@jameelasiddiqi9657]

Great stuff. Very well presented. Loved the sound effects. Thanks for sharing.

[@CINEINK]

Thanks. You're such a connoisseur!

[@HR-tq4fc]

Great work keep it up you are doing well

[@ShaherNama]

Beautiful

[@prernajain7482]

Kitni layers hain is khakey mein. It is about Ashok Kumar but I could feel Manto's pain in it. He seems to love Mumbai, must have been really tough for him to leave his friends and his city.

[@CINEINK]

Thanks. We missed your comment. True, it's a multi-layered sketch where Manto realised that it was going to be difficult for him to sustain in that communally charged atmosphere. Ashok Kumar turned out to be a true friend but that was not enough. This is where a visionary like Manto failed miserably. He was a liberal- a genuine progressive as well as irreverent towards all isms. Pakistan was not for him.
Sahir Ludhianvi had also left for Pakistan but he came back.
Manto didn't. He was embarrassed to admit his blunder.