Synopsis
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
Midnight's Children (2012) is a 2h 28min drama feature film by Deepa Mehta. The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the cou...
Key facts
Cast
Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Shabana Azmi, Rajat Kapoor, Siddharth, Shriya Saran, Charles Dance, Anupam Kher
Original language
Hindi
First release
August 31, 2012 (United States)
Production companies
Relativity Media
Distributors
MÉTROPOLE FILMS
Based on
Midnight's Children
Setting
India
Crew
Screenplay
Salman Rushdie
Producer
David Hamilton
Cinematography
Giles Nuttgens
Editing
Colin Monie
Music
Nitin Sawhney
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- BFI London Film Festival 2012 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2012 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 2012 generic
- Valladolid International Film Festival 2012 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | August 31, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Canada | October 26, 2012 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | December 26, 2012 |
| Streaming | Ireland | December 26, 2012 |
| Theatrical | Germany | March 28, 2013 |
| Theatrical | United States | April 25, 2013 |
| Theatrical | Spain | June 28, 2013 |
| Theatrical | Germany | August 19, 2013 |
| Theatrical | Portugal | October 10, 2013 |
| Classification | Germany | 12 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 12A |
Full credits
| Director | Deepa Mehta |
| Cast | Satya Bhabha (Saleem Sinai), Shahana Goswami (Amina), Shabana Azmi (Naseem), Rajat Kapoor (Aadam Aziz), Siddharth (Shiva), Shriya Saran (Parvati), Charles Dance (William Methwold), Anupam Kher (Ghani), Salman Rushdie (Narrator (voice)), Dhritiman Chatterjee (Mian Abdullah), Kusum Haider (Rani of Cooch), Zaib Shaikh (Nadir Khan), Samrat Chakrabarti (Wee Willie Winkle), Anita Majumdar (Emerald), Shikha Talsania (Alia), Rahul Bose (Zulfikar), Ronit Roy (Ahmed Sinai), M.G.M.S. Zulfick (Mullah), Rakhi Kumari (Vanita), Seema Biswas (Mary Pereira), Harish Khanna (Joe D'Costa), Dhamayanthi Fonseka (Flory), Ainsley De Silva (Headmaster Crusoe), Tahir Mahmood (President Quivering), Darsheel Safary (Young Saleem), Mohamed Safran Sarron (2-Year-Old Little Aadam), Pasan Ranaweera (Adam Kenny) |
| Screenplay | Salman Rushdie |
| Producer | David Hamilton |
| Executive producer | Andrew Spaulding, David Hamilton, David Rogers, Deepa Mehta, Dilip Mehta, Doug Mankoff, Jason Garrett, Neil Tabatznik, Salman Rushdie, Steven Silver |
| Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens |
| Editing | Colin Monie |
| Music | Nitin Sawhney |
| Production design | Dilip Mehta |
| Costumes | Dolly Ahluwalia |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
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