Adapted by Salman Rushdie from his own book, Midnight’s Children follows the destinies of a pair of children born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the moment that India claimed its independence from Great Britain.
Switched at birth by a nurse in a Bombay hospital, Saleem Sinai (Satya Bhabha), the son of a poor single mother, and Shiva (Siddharth), scion of a wealthy family, are condemned to live out the fate intended for the other.
Imbued with mysterious telepathic powers, their lives become strangely intertwined and inextricably linked to their country’s careening journey through the tumultuous twentieth century.
Shabana Azmi and Anupam Kher star alongside Merchant Ivory stalwart, Charles Dance and a highly respected range of Indian acting talent.