Send us Fan MailPresenting the first in a series of short plays written by Saadat Hasan Manto. While working as a writer for the Urdu service of All India Radio, Manto wrote these short plays in Mumbai specifically for radio and the collection was published in 1940. Each play presents a delightful banter between the husband Kishore, the wife Lajwanti, and their friend Narayan. Light-hearted and animated in nature, these lesser knows plays represent the writer in a different light. Aao Kahani Likhen (Come, let's write a story) is mentioned in the All India Radio progress report as one of the most successful production of the series. Lajwanti challenges Kishore to write a story and what starts off as fiction quickly becomes an unraveling of secrets in their relationship until Narayan comes in with a twist and a surprise ending to the tale. Voice actors:Kishore: Ausaf MasudLajwanti: Sumrah JanNarayan: Abhay PranajapeDirection: Vikas DhurkaPresenter: NaatakABOUT THE AUTHOR:Saadat Hasan Manto was a colonial Indian and Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, India. Writing mainly in Urdu, he produced 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays and two collections of personal sketches. His best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Manto was known to write about the hard truths of society that no one dared to talk about. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India, which he opposed, immediately following independence in 1947.Support the showSubscribe to Naatak Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Jio Saavn or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen to our library of over 100 episodes on our website at naatak.org/naatakradio/Love the show? Consider supporting the show here.

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