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Midnight's Children is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Deepa Mehta released in USA on 25 april 2013 with Satya Bhabha
Midnight's Children (2012)
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Add to a movie listMidnight's Children is a 2012 British-Canadian film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast of Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Siddharth Narayan, Ronit Roy, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, 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.
Synopsis
L'histoire de deux enfants nés au moment de l'indépendance de l'Inde en 1947.Actors
Satya Bhabha
(Saleem Sinai)
Shriya Saran
(Parvati)
Shabana Azmi
(Naseem)
Anupam Kher
(Ghani)
Siddharth
(Shiva)
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