United States / Aug 31, 2012 / Telluride Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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| Darsheel Safary | Young Saleem |
| Mohamed Safran Sarron | 2-Year-Old Little Aadam |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Midnight's Children |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | हिन्दी, اردو, English |
| Production countries | Canada, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Hamilton-Mehta Productions, Relativity Media, Number 9 Films |
| Release date | 31 agosto 2012 |
| Executive producer | Deepa Mehta, Dilip Mehta, David Hamilton, Steven Silver, Andrew Spaulding, Doug Mankoff, Jason Garrett, Salman Rushdie, Neil Tabatznik, David Rogers |
| Production | Stephen Woolley, Alok Kapur, Elizabeth Karlsen, David Hamilton, Robert Wertheimer, Stephen Traynor |
| Writer | Salman Rushdie, Dilip Mehta, Deepa Mehta, Anne MacKenzie |
| Editing | Colin Monie |
| Cinematography | Giles Nuttgens, Dave Derry, Dusty Mancinelli, Kapil Verma |
| Assistant directors | Reid A. Dunlop, Deepa Mehta, Carolyn Arbuckle |
| Lighting | Sundaresan Jegadeesan, Surendra Kumar, Mark Wotton, Ramesh Yogendran, Terry Banting |
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Release dates
Limited release
Theatrical release
Canada / Oct 26, 2012
United Kingdom / Dec 26, 2012 / 12A
Germany / Mar 28, 2013
United States / Apr 25, 2013 / NR
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Spain / Jun 28, 2013
Portugal / Oct 10, 2013 / M/12
Digital
Ireland / Dec 26, 2012 / 12
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