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The Reluctant Fundamentalist trailer: Om Puri and Shabana Azmi feature prominently in the promo!
The movie adapted from the book by the same name looks like one of the more interesting movies on the subject of terrorism
This year it’s a cool coincidence that two great books about the Asian subcontinent have been made into movies by women of Indian origin. The first was Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children, which was Click here to read moreClick to Comment
Salman Rushdie: A cultural Emergency is happening in India
The author of Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses issued an official statement, as he left India in a hurry today, and also tweeted that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee ordered police to block his arrival in Kolkata
Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie left India for the UK in a rush on Friday, February 1. He emailed an official statement Click here to read moreMidnight’s Children to release on February 1 in India, with the correct Indian map, of course!
PVR Pictures is bringing the movie based on Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel to Indian theatres, and filmmaker Deepa Mehta assures audiences that she has replaced the incorrect Indian map shown in the film
Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s ambitious project Midnight’s Children – big screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Booker Prize-winning controversial novel of the same name – is set to hit Indian screens February 1. PVR Pictures is releasing the movie that features actors Click here to read moreMidnight’s Children cleared by Indian censor board
Deepa Mehta’s critically acclaimed and controversial film based on Salman Rushdie’s book has finally been cleared by the CBFC without a single cut
International filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s film Midnight’s Children has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), and without any cuts. The filmmaker is “thrilled”. Click here to read moreTrouble begins for Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children
Political parties protest after the Indian premier of Midnight’s Children saying that the movie hurts their sentiments
Bollywood it seems just can’t get rid of some political party or the other meddling in its affairs. And director Deepa Mehta, who premiered Click here to read moreMidnight’s Children to premiere at International Film Festival of Kerala 2012
The film fest begins in Thiruvananthapuram on December 7
Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children is set to premiere at International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) December 10. The film is an adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel of the same name and features Shriya Saran, Satya Bhabha, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Click here to read moreMidnight’s Children movie review: A stunning achievement!
Cineswami feels Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children is a film South Asians will love although its initial reviews in the West were not positive
To even attempt filming a book that was widely considered impossible to film is praiseworthy in itself. And to tackle a much-loved book that carries the burden of so much acclaim, not to mention winning the Booker and Booker of Bookers is worth some kudos. But for Deepa Mehta to have pulled off the feat of translating Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children to celluloid and managing to make it for the most part engaging cinema is deserving of the highest praise. Click here to read moreMidnight’s Children movie reviews aren’t that great. Will you watch it in India?
Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children finally gets an Indian distributor, but the international critics have panned it, says Cineswami
The film version of controversial author Salman Rushdie’s Booker of Booker-winning novel Midnight’s Children has finally found an Indian distributor. The film was a bit of a poisoned chalice for distributors in India thanks to both Rushdie and its director Deepa Mehta. A fatwa was issued against Rushdie after his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses was deemed to be offensive and blasphemous; and fundamentalists disrupted Deepa Mehta’s Varanasi shoot for Water for the same reason. Click here to read more
