Midnight's Children
Aug 31 2012
•2h 28m
•Drama
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.
Cast
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Satya Bhabha
Saleem Sinai
Shahana Goswami
Amina
Shabana Azmi
Naseem
Rajat Kapoor
Aadam Aziz
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