A Night Dedicated To Manto, Courtesy Nandita Das, Rekha And Deepti Naval

Nandita Das hosted a special screening of her soon-to-release film Manto on Monday and Rekha lead the celeb roll call. Manto, based on the life of controversial writer Saadat Hussain Manto, has been screened at several film festivals and it will open in Indian screens on September 21.

Nandita, director of Manto, looked graceful in saree.

Rekha as usual wore a fabulous kanjeevaram saree from her collection.

Rasika Dugal plays Nawazuddin Siddiqui's onscreen wife in Manto while the actor plays the eponymous writer in the film.

Ahana Kumar looked chic in checked separates.

We also spotted actress Deepti Naval at the screening.

Then there was Mita Vashisht.

Actress Lillete Dubey was all smiles.

Ila Arun, who also stars in Manto, was also there.

Imtiaz Ali's plus one was his daughter Ida.

Pratiek Babbar arrived hand-in-hand with his fiancee Sanya Sagar.

Hello, Jim Sarbh.

Rahul Bose was all smiles.

Ali Fazal arrived looking like Circuit (of the Munna Bhai series) minus the gold chains.

Vikramaditya Motwane and his wife Ishika Mohan posed for the shutterbugs.