Meena Bazar

by Saadat Hasan Manto

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138 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Saadat Hasan Manto (Urdu: سعادت حسن منٹو, Hindi: सआदत हसन मंटो), the most widely read and the most controversial short-story writer in Urdu, was born on 11 May 1912 at Sambrala in Punjab's Ludhiana District. In a writing career spanning over two decades he produced twenty-two collections of short stories, one novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of reminiscences and many scripts for films. He was tried for obscenity half a dozen times, thrice before and thrice after independence. Not always was he acquitted. Some of Manto's greatest work was produced in the last seven years of his life, a time of great financial and emotional hardship for him. He died a few months short of his forty-third birthday, in January 1955, in Lahore.

Reviews

[Kushal Srivastava · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's such a shame that Manto spent just a few years in the then nascent Indian film industry. This book contains his reminiscences of the then popular figures, which have now almost been forgotten. It'd be so much fun to read Manto write about a Rajesh Khanna or Amitabh Bachchan. How about Guru Dutt and Waheeda? Manto obviously to a great extent fictionalizes accounts, he surely cannot know the way 2 lovers held hands in a clandestine meeting but he is so much fun anyway.

We get to know the unknow highly sexual and polygamous side of Sitara Devi, the rustiness of Ashok Kumar, the comeliness of Nargis and the pointed nose of Kuldip Kaur. There are more characters like Shyam who would be difficult to trace now in the annals of film history but who make for such juicy read.

Manto talks about the columns he used to write, if only they could be dug up...

[Harshit Gupta · Rating 5 out of 5]

The shamelessness with which Manto talks about not only others, but himself as well, is something very, very rare. All the points for that one.

[Himanshu Rai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saadat Hasan Manto was a storyteller (अफ़साना-निगार) and this book is just an apt example of converting a gossip column into a biographical narrative. 'Meena Bazar' depicts the lives of the famous actress of 1940's Bombay Film Industry. It is a sharp, witty, intrusive, and yet humane account filled with sharp insights in a few places.

[AHMED]

Read me manto book.

[Anisha Das · Rating 3 out of 5]

Manto's grammar consists of unabashed, unconcerned truth. He writes as he feels and speaks. His stories are bound to leave an impression on you.
However, I did not come to any of these conclusions reading this book.
Meena Bazaar as I realize was penned before the partition before Manto became the Manto that we popularly know of today. The mature, rightfully angry, traumatized of having to live through the division of a country Manto. His language is still impeccable, his sense of humor still razor-sharp.

[VISHAL SINGH · Rating 5 out of 5]

You have to just remember the name- सआदत हसन मंटो. Rarely a book written by him can be said a bad or an average book. His style of writing is just amazing.

It's a kind of non-fiction book in which Manto writes about his days during working in Bombay film city. He writes about the incidents of Ashok kumar, Nargis & many others.

Books & stories written by him in the time of 1940s & 50s, are still as or more popular.

[Kumar Pankaj Panchal · Rating 3 out of 5]

मीना बाजार शुरुआती कहानियां अफसाने या संस्मरण आप इन्हें जो मर्जी कहें इस किताब के उन्वान को मुकम्मल करती हैं हालांकि दो किस्से ऐसे भी लगे जो अपने मूल किरदार से भटक गए थे परंतु मंटो अंत तक आते आते आपको खुश कर देते हैं अंतिम किस्सा मंटो की कलम का जादू आप पर बिखेर देगा

[Mahender Singh]

यह किताब साआदत हसन मंटो के उनके समकालीनों के बारे में संस्मरणों का अच्छा संग्रह है।
इसमें मंटो ने नर्गिस, नसीम बानो, अशोक कुमार, श्याम, सितारा देवी, बी एच देसाई, इस्मत चुगताई, मीराजी और खुद को शामिल किया है।

[Prakriti Kargeti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Insightful and revealing. At times, it is even disturbing to know so much about people. Real people. These are not Manto's fiction stories. These are real people he is talking about. I was astounded by the frankness of the language and the perspectives he throws. Manto doesn't give you the generosity of his words. But his intentions seem benevolent.

[Richa]

तकरीबन एक तिहाई किताब पढ़ लेने के बाद अब जी उकता गया है। फिल्मों से, इस इंडस्ट्री से मेरा मोहभंग बहुत पहले हो चुका है। उनके जीवन में झाँकने की कोई इच्छा न होने के कारण, मंटो साहब को पसंद करने के बावजूद, यह किताब फिलहाल अधूरी पढ़ी किताबों के साथ रख रही हूँ। कभी जब उर्दू पढ़ने के लिए दिल ललकेगा तब ज़रूर पूरी पढ़ डालूंगी

[Shanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of short stories with a very upfront and straight forward portrayal of characters. The language is simple. The thoughts are clear. It takes you to those times of Indian cinema, completely unknown to a person of my generation.