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A pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.A pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.A pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain grow up in the country that is nothing like their parents' generation.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations
Dhritiman Chatterjee
- Mian Abdullah
- (as Dhritiman Chaterji)
Kusum Haidar
- Rani of Cooch Naheen
- (as Kusum Haider)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaShot in 65 different locations over 69 days.
- GoofsSaleem goes to Karachi, Pakistan after leaving Aunt Emerald's house. After coming out of the railway station, the taxi that takes him home is an Ambassador car manufactured by HM "Hindustan Motors", available only in India.
- SoundtracksLa Golondrina
(uncredited)
Written by Narcisco Serradell (as Narciso Serradel Sevilla)
Performed by Sri Lanka Police Band, Police Park Colombo 5
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Some books are unfilmable - this is one
Midnight's children is an incredibly complex book. It's part Forest Gump, part sci-fi fantasy, and encompasses pretty much 50 of the years of history leading up to and after the partition of India (which is where the Forest Gump analogy comes in - our main character, or members of his family, is involved in every aspect of that history). The sci-fi fantasy bit is the strangest part of it all - a special psychic connection between all the children born at the moment of partition - the Midnight's Children of the title. (They also all have an array of diverse super powers.) How do you make a movie out of something like that? Not easily. Don't think you could even make a mini series that captured the full breadth of a book like that. So you have to simplify so much that, really, all that's left of the book is the title. If you haven't read the book, the movie is quite okay. If you have, forget the book and just watch what's on the screen.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Gece yarısı Çocukları
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $190,022
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,200
- Apr 28, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $1,243,980
- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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