Unwind Manto Review: What he writes is literature. But is it obscene? Updated : September 22, 2018 12:45 AM IST Manto, the film releases on Friday September 21. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is like a chameleon, stepping into Manto’s pencil wielding avatar magnificently. If you find that the characters are living an obscene life, it is because life is.