The poster of the film was unveiled at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival . Das made a short film titled '' In Defence of Freedom '' , also starring Nawazuddin in the main role , and was released on YouTube on 23 March 2017 . The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and released in Indian theatres on 21 September 2018 . It was made as a prelude to the feature film . The film has multiple producers such as HP Studios , Filmstoc , and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
2017 Cannes Film Festival
2017 Cannes Film Festival
Manto (2018 film)