‘Ganjay Farishtay’ (Bald Angels) is a podcast series in Urdu based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s sketches and presented by broadcaster Pervaiz Alam.
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955), one of the greatest short-story writers in South Asia, published about 20 collections of short stories in Urdu. Being a multi-faceted author, he went on to write five collections of radio dramas, three of essays, two of sketches, one novel, and a number of stories and screenplays for Bombay’s Hindi film industry in the 1940s.
Manto wrote brutally scathing sketches of some of his best friends, film stars and writers of his time, leading to several controversies and gossips.
“Manto’s writing has a real-life feel to it, almost as though he is speaking to his readers and making his subjects come alive — warts and all. In the evocatively titled ‘Ganjay Farishtay’, he is not always laudatory about his subjects as, for instance, in the darkly witty sketch titled ‘Teen Golay’ about Miraji,” says Dr Rakhshanda Jalil, Writer, Translator and Literary Historian.
Manto penned profiles of Ismat Chughtai, Ashok Kumar, Pari Chahra Nasim Bano, Noor Jahan, Miraji, Nargis, Agha Hashr Kashmiri and many others.
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‘Ganjay Farishtay’ (Bald Angels) is a podcast series in Urdu based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s sketches and presented by broadcaster Pervaiz Alam.
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955), one of the greatest short-story writers in South Asia, published about 20 collections of short stories in Urdu. Being a multi-faceted author, he went on to write five collections of radio dramas, three of essays, two of sketches, one novel, and a number of stories and screenplays for Bombay’s Hindi film industry in the 1940s.
Manto wrote brutally scathing sketches of some of his best friends, film stars and writers of his time, leading to several controversies and gossips.
“Manto’s writing has a real-life feel to it, almost as though he is speaking to his readers and making his subjects come alive — warts and all. In the evocatively titled ‘Ganjay Farishtay’, he is not always laudatory about his subjects as, for instance, in the darkly witty sketch titled ‘Teen Golay’ about Miraji,” says Dr Rakhshanda Jalil, Writer, Translator and Literary Historian.
Manto penned profiles of Ismat Chughtai, Ashok Kumar, Pari Chahra Nasim Bano, Noor Jahan, Miraji, Nargis, Agha Hashr Kashmiri and many others.
The legendary Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) wrote only one sketch before the partition of India in 1947. And, that was the profile of his contemporary and friend, Ismat Chughtai (21 August 1915 – 24 October 1991), who has been regarded as one of the most influential fiction writers in both India and Pakistan. Ismat became a sensation during Manto’s time with stories such as ‘Lihaaf’, ‘Puncture’, ’Daayen’, ‘Saas’, ‘Genda’, ‘Neera’, ‘Uff Ye Bacche’ and ’Til’. Her novel ‘Terhi Lakeer’, a semi-autobiographical tale of a fiery-spirited, middle-class Muslim girl bent on exploring the shape and nature of consuming desire, has been acknowledged a literary masterpiece
Both Manto and Chughtai faced court cases on the charges of being obscene for explicitly exploring the themes of sexuality.
Pervaiz Alam, who worked with All India Radio in Delhi and BBC Hindi/Urdu services in London, presents the podcast ‘Ganjay Farishtay’, produced by Cine Ink, UK.
Ganjay Farishtay
‘Ganjay Farishtay’ (Bald Angels) is a podcast series in Urdu based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s sketches and presented by broadcaster Pervaiz Alam.
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955), one of the greatest short-story writers in South Asia, published about 20 collections of short stories in Urdu. Being a multi-faceted author, he went on to write five collections of radio dramas, three of essays, two of sketches, one novel, and a number of stories and screenplays for Bombay’s Hindi film industry in the 1940s.
Manto wrote brutally scathing sketches of some of his best friends, film stars and writers of his time, leading to several controversies and gossips.
“Manto’s writing has a real-life feel to it, almost as though he is speaking to his readers and making his subjects come alive — warts and all. In the evocatively titled ‘Ganjay Farishtay’, he is not always laudatory about his subjects as, for instance, in the darkly witty sketch titled ‘Teen Golay’ about Miraji,” says Dr Rakhshanda Jalil, Writer, Translator and Literary Historian.
Manto penned profiles of Ismat Chughtai, Ashok Kumar, Pari Chahra Nasim Bano, Noor Jahan, Miraji, Nargis, Agha Hashr Kashmiri and many others.
