---
title: 'Midnight''s Children (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Deepa Mehta'
released: '2012-08-31'
runtime_minutes: 146
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/midnights-children-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714866/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Midnight's Children (2012)

2012 · 146 min · Drama · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Midnight's Children is a 2012 film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's 1981 novel. The film features an ensemble cast of Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Siddharth, Ronit Roy, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, 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.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Salman Rushdie](https://cinepixo.com/people/salman-rushdie)
- **Director:** [Deepa Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepa-mehta)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nitin Sawhney](https://cinepixo.com/people/nitin-sawhney)
- **Producer:** [David Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hamilton-2), [Doug Mankoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-mankoff), [Steven Silver](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-silver)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giles Nuttgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/giles-nuttgens)

## Cast

- [Ranvir Shorey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ranvir-shorey)
- [Rajesh Khera](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajesh-khera)
- [Samrat Chakrabarti](https://cinepixo.com/people/samrat-chakrabarti)
- [Satya Bhabha](https://cinepixo.com/people/satya-bhabha) as Saleem Sinai
- [Ronit Roy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronit-roy)
- [Shabana Azmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shabana-azmi)
- [Suresh Menon](https://cinepixo.com/people/suresh-menon)
- [Chandan Roy Sanyal](https://cinepixo.com/people/chandan-roy-sanyal)
- [Charles Dance](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dance)
- [Anupam Kher](https://cinepixo.com/people/anupam-kher)
- [Rahul Bose](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-bose)
- [Seema Biswas](https://cinepixo.com/people/seema-biswas)
- [Anita Majumdar](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-majumdar)
- [Zaib Shaikh](https://cinepixo.com/people/zaib-shaikh)
- [Siddharth](https://cinepixo.com/people/siddharth)

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Official site: http://www.midnightschildren.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/midnights-children-2012
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