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'Midnight's Children' to kick off New York Indian Film Festival
New York, March 15 : The 13th Annual New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) will kick off April 10 with an exclusive screening of acclaimed director Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children" based on award-winning writer Salman Rushdie's novel.

I felt very safe in Deepa Mehta's hands: Shriya Saran
New Delhi, Feb 3 : Actress Shriya Saran, who features in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says she had a "brilliant" experience working with the Canada-based Indian filmmaker, who played a perfect guide to her.

Darsheel feels lucky to be in 'Midnight's Children'
Mumbai, Feb 2 : Actor Darsheel Safary, who has portrayed the role of junior Saleem Sinai in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says he feels lucky for being a part of such a big movie.

Deepa is best taskmaster an actor can have: Shahana Goswami
Mumbai, Feb 2 : Actress Shahana Goswami, who features in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children," says the filmmaker is quite a taskmaster on the sets, but a great one to work with.

'Midnight's Children' - striking epic despite its flaws
By Troy Ribeiro: Film: "Midnight's Children"; Actors: Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Ronit Roy, Satya Bhabha, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Siddharth, Anita Majumdar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Darsheel Safary, Soha Ali Khan and Shriya Saran; Director: Deepa Mehta; Rating: **1/2

Any author will feel happy with film adaptation: Rahul Bose
Mumbai, Jan 31 : Actor Rahul Bose, who will be seen in the role of Zulfikar, a Pakistani General in Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children", says when a book is adapted into a film, it is definitely a happy moment for the author.

Rushdie's Kolkata visit cancelled
Kolkata, Jan 30 : Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie cancelled his visit to Kolkata today to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children', based on his booker winning novel.

First look of 'Midnight children' launched in Mumbai
New Delhi, Jan 30 : The first look of Oscar-nominated director Deepa Mehta's most awaited project 'Midnight children' based on the booker prize-winning novel of the same name by Salman Rushdie was launched in Mumbai recently.

Salman Rushdie cancels Kolkata visit
Kolkata, Jan 30 : Booker Prize-winning writer Salman Rushdie cancelled his visit to Kolkata Wednesday to promote Deepa Mehta's film "Midnight's Children", based on his homonymous novel.

Salman Rushdie promotes film 'Midnight's Children' in Mumbai
Mumbai, Jan.30 : With just two days to for the premiere of the much awaited movie, "Midnight's Children", filmmaker Deepa Mehta and author of the book on which the movie has been made Salman Rushdie presented the first look of it in India's showbiz capital Mumbai.

Rushdie cancels Kolkata visit
Kolkata, Jan 30 : Author Salman Rushdie cancelled his visit to Kolkata Wednesday to promote Deepa Mehta's film "Midnight's Children", based on his homonymous novel.

Rushdie cancels Kolkata visit
Kolkata, Jan 30 : Author Salman Rushdie cancelled his visit to Kolkata Wednesday to promote Deepa Mehta's film "Midnight's Children", based on his homonymous novel.

Rahul Bose happy with short, key role in 'Midnight's Children'
Mumbai, Jan 30 : Rahul Bose, who will be seen in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children," says even though he has a small but significant role in the film, it cannot be called a landmark role in his career.

Feels great to bring back 'Midnight's Children' to India: Rushdie
Mumbai, Jan 30 : Author Salman Rushdie, who was in India to promote Deepa Mehta's film "Midnight's Children" Tuesday, says it feels good to bring the film to it's original birthland.

Salman Rushdie's Kolkata visit cancelled
Kolkata, Jan 30 : Controversial writer Salman Rushdie and filmmaker Deepa Mehta, who were scheduled to visit Kolkata to promote their film 'Midnight's Children' on Wednesday, have cancelled their trip, reports said.

'Vishwaroop', 'Midnight's Children' hit box office together
It's a clash of the titans at the box-office this Friday as "Vishwaroop", the Hindi version of Kamal Haasan's controversial Tamil film "Vishwaroopam", hits the Indian screens along with Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", based on Salamn Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning controversial novel of the ...

Indian-American actor plays contrasting roles in Friday releases
British-born US-bred actor Samrat Chakrabarti plays two contrasting roles in two new films releasing in India Friday - South Indian icon Kamal Hassan's "Vishwaroop" and Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children".

Salman Rushdie turns singer for 'Midnight's Children'
Renowned author Salman Rushdie has put his singing abilities on test for Deepa Mehta's new film "Midnight's Children".

Nothing is unfilmable: Salman Rushdie
"Nothing is unfilmable," says author Salman Rushdie, whose "Midnight's Children", an epic Indian tale of partition, independence and emergency told with touches of magical realism, has been turned into a movie by Deepa Mehta.

Rushdie coming to India to promote 'Midnight's Children'
Controversial author Salman Rushdie is set to visit India on a promotional tour for Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", based on his Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. He says "it's a great feeling".

Playing Shiva in 'Midnight's...' wasn't difficult: Siddharth
Southern star Siddharth says playing the role of Shiva in "Midnight's Children" came naturally to him, thanks to the film's director Deepa Mehta and author Salman Rushdie on whose Booker Prize-winning novel the movie is based upon.

'Midnight's Children' to release Feb 1 in India
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 Feb 1.

Whatever moves you, you want to tell: Deepa Mehta
Boldness may be nudity for Bollywood. But for Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, being bold simply means bringing heart-touching stories on screen without worrying about the consequences.

Nostalgic Deepa Mehta craves for Dilli's channa-chai
She stays in Canada and is a filmmaker of international repute, but Deepa Mehta's heart misses the small joys that she experienced in the capital during her college days. She misses 'chai' and 'channas' and old world charm of central Delhi's streets.

Nothing inaccurate in 'Midnight's Children': Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta has received flak for showing former prime minister Indira Gandhi in "poor light" as well as for using the country's map without Jammu and Kashmir in "Midnight's Children". But she assures the movie has nothing "historically inaccurate", and that she will make the necessary changes to ...

Salman Rushdie might visit India for 'Midnight's Children' promotion
Controversial author Salman Rushdie may fly down to India towards February-end to promote the film adaptation of his Booker Prize-winning novel "Midnight's Children", says the movie's director Deepa Mehta.

I was expecting problem for 'Midnight's Children': Deepa Mehta
Deepa Mehta, whose earliers films "Fire", "Water" and "1947: Earth" got into a severe censorial crisis, is pinching herself in disbelief over the all clear that her latest film "Midnight's Children" was given by the Central Board of Film Certification in India.

'Midnight's Children' cleared without cuts
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".

Mehta's 'Midnight's Children' irks Kerala Congress
No sooner than Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children" premiere show here got over Monday evening, a controversy has broken out that the film which shows former prime minister Indira Gandhi in poor light should not have been screened in a Congress-ruled state.

This is my Love letter to India: Deepa Mehta
Acclaimed filmmaker Deepa Mehta today said her latest film 'Midnight's Children' is a love letter to India as quoted by author Salman Rushdie.


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