MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN (2012)

DEEPA METHA

Drama Coming of Age Romance Literary Classics

Cast

SATYA BHABHA RAJAT KAPOOR SHABANA AZMI SHAHANA GOSWAMI RONIT ROY

Plot

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 woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, 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. A visually ravishing if slightly disappointing adaptation by Salman Rushdie of his Booker prize winning novel.