Midnight's children [videorecording] / FilmNation Entertainment presents in association with Noble Nomad Pictures Frontier, a Hamilton-Metha production ; In co-production with Number 9 Films ; a David Hamilton production ; directed by Deepa Mehta ; produced by David Hamilton ; screenplay by Salman Rushdie.
Based on the book by Salman Rushdie. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012. Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor.
Summary:
At the stroke of midnight on August 15th, 1947, as India declares independence from Great Britain, two babies are switched at birth by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. And so it is that Saleem Sinai, the illegitimat child of a beggar woman, and Shiva, the only son of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destinies meant for each other. Over the next three decades, Saleem and Shiva find themselves on opposite sides of many a conflict.
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