Midnights Children (2012)

Directed by Deepa Mehta Produced by David Hamilton Doug Mankoff Steven Silver Neil Tabatznik Andrew Spaulding Written by Deepa Mehta Based on Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Starring Satya Bhabha Shriya Saran Shabana Azmi Anupam Kher Siddharth Narayan Shahana Goswami Samrat Chakrabarti Rahul Bose Seema Biswas Darsheel Safary Cinematography Giles Nuttgens Editing by Colin Monie Studio Relativity Media Distributed by 20th Century Fox Fox Star Studios Release date(s) September 9, 2012 (Toronto International Film Festival) Running time 148 minutes Country Canada United Kingdom Language English

Midnight's Children is a 2012 Canadian-American 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, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary. Written 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 is also a nominee for Best Picture, and seven other categories, at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards.