Midnight's Children (film)

Midnight's Children
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDeepa Mehta
Screenplay bySalman Rushdie
Based onMidnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
Produced byDavid Hamilton
Doug Mankoff
Steven Silver
Neil Tabatznik
Andrew Spaulding
StarringSatya Bhabha
Shriya Saran
Shabana Azmi
Anupam Kher
Ronit Roy
Siddharth
Shahana Goswami
Samrat Chakrabarti
Rahul Bose
Seema Biswas
Darsheel Safary
CinematographyGiles Nuttgens
Edited byColin Monie
Distributed byMongrel Media (Canada)
Entertainment One (United Kingdom)[1]
Paladin
108 Media (United States)[2]
PVR Pictures (India)[3][4]
Release dates
Running time
148 minutes
CountriesCanada
United Kingdom
United States
India
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi
Box office$884,100[2][5]

Midnight's Children is a 2012 film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast of Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Siddharth, Ronit Roy, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary. With a screenplay by Rushdie and directed by Deepa Mehta,[6] the film began principal photography in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in February 2011 and wrapped in May 2011. Shooting was kept a secret as Mehta feared protests by Islamic fundamentalist groups.[7]

The film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, and the BFI London Film Festival. The film was also a nominee for Best Picture and seven other categories at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, winning two awards.

  1. ^ "Midnight Children (2012)". BBFC. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Midnight's Children (2013) – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
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  5. ^ "Midnight's Children (2013) – International Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. International Film Guide. p. 143. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  7. ^ "Deepa Mehta Plays With Fire Again". Mid-Day. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.