Midnight's Children

2013 • 145 minutes

About this movie

Salman Rushdie's acclaimed novel, winner of the Booker of Bookers, is finally brought to the screen by Deepa Mehta, and the result is a stunning epic spanning decades of India's modern history. Adapted for film and beautifully narrated by Rushdie himself, Midnight's Children is the story of two children born at the moment of India's independence and swapped at birth, following their lives through a tumultuous era. Saleem Sinai and Shiva grow up living the life meant for the other: one in an affluent family, the other as the penniless son of a drunken busker. They, along with the hundreds of other children born in the hour following India's independence, have special powers; as they grow, India goes through moments of euphoria and disaster. This sweeping film encapsulates the joy, tragedy and magic of a masterful work of fiction. 2012 Hamilton-Mehta Midnight Productions Inc., Number 9 Films.