Midnight's Children
Synopsis
“Born in the hour of India’s freedom. Handcuffed to history.” Midnight’s Children is an epic film from Academy Award-nominated director Deepa Mehta, based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Salman Rushdie.
At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor Hindu woman, and Shiva, the offspring of wealthy Muslims, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India’s whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters.
Details
- Year
- 2012
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 148 mins
- Director
- Deepa Mehta
- Producer
- David Hamilton
- Executive Producer
- Elizabeth Karlsen, Doug Mankoff, Dilip Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Steven Silver, Andrew Spaulding, Neil Tabatznik, tephen Woolley
- Editor
- Colin Monie
- Screenwriter
- Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie
- Director of Photography
- Giles Nuttgens
- Production Designer
- Errol Kelly, Dilip Mehta
- Sound
- Sylvain Arseneault, Jane Tattersall, Lou Solakofski
- Music
- Nitin Sawhney
- Principal Cast
- Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose
Production status
Complete
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