Project Detail

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 project: 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
Composer: Nitin Sawhney
Principal cast: Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose