Midnight’s Children the much-talked about novel by Salman Rushdie is soon to be made into a Movie by the famed Indian Hollywood director, Deepa Mehta.
The book is a fictional work about Saleem who was born on the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947 just as Indian tricolour was replacing British flag. His story encompasses the history of India from Independence until end of emergency in 1977.
Well-known film star Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das, who had acted in Mehta’s earlier critically acclaimed movies - ‘Fire’ and ‘Earth’, will have major roles in the movie. Azmi will play the role of the grand mother.
Rushdie and Mehta will together write the screenplay of the movie, which they expect to be released sometime in 2010. They plan to begin work on it spring next year. Mehta would take up the Midnight’s Children project only after the completion of her big budget film Komagata Maru.
The two have set an ambitious deadline of releasing the film in 2010.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Midnight’s Children is deepa Mehta's New Venture
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Labels: Deepa Mehta, Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie
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