Midnight's Children (film)
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| Directed by | Deepa Mehta |
| Screenplay by | Salman Rushdie |
| Based on | Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie |
| Produced by | David Hamilton Doug Mankoff Steven Silver Neil Tabatznik Andrew Spaulding |
| Starring | Satya Bhabha Shriya Saran Shabana Azmi Anupam Kher Ronit Roy Siddharth Shahana Goswami Samrat Chakrabarti Rahul Bose Seema Biswas Darsheel Safary |
| Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
| Edited by | Colin Monie |
| Music by | Nitin Sawhney |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media (Canada) Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Paladin 108 Media (United States) PVR Pictures (India) |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United Kingdom United States India |
| Languages | English Hindi |
| Box office | $884,100 |
Midnight's Children is a 2012 film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel. 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, 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.
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.