Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui took to Twitter to share his first look from the upcoming biopic on Indo-Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Directed by Nandita Das, the project will cover a period of seven years between 1946 and 1952. "I was drawn to the interesting challenge of doing a period drama," Siddiqui had earlier said on portraying Manto in the biopic.