Bringing Fire' back to IFFK

Just two directorials and less than 50 feature films as an actor are all she has to her credit, but when Nandita Das was announced as the Guest of Honour at the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala, film-lovers were elated because some persons are known not for the number of their works or activities, but their quality. Manto is a great man many people do not know about and that’s why I decided to make a film on him,” she says. “That’s how Manto would have loved to see himself,” she adds. It’s great to see in this 21st century courageous voices discussing equal pay, meritocracy and fight against caste, gender prejudices,” she says. “It’s sad to see women losing self-esteem by internalising ideas like menstruation is polluting, to feel guilty when it comes to shuttling between career and family.