Midnight’s Children (2013)

Hindi 2 hrs 30 mins Drama
Critics Score
39%
Total Reviews: 13
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Total Votes: 0
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Review Summary: Adapts the text well misses the magic

Average Critic Rating: (2.54)
Release Date: 01 Jan 2013

Plot: Midnight's Children is a 2012 British-Canadian film adaptation of Salman Rushdie 's 1981 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast of Satya Bhabha, Shriya Saran, Siddharth Narayan, Ronit Roy, Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Samrat Chakrabarti, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan, Anita Majumdar Read more

Midnight’s Children - Top Reviews

Undoubtedly, it must have been a task to adapt Salman Rushdie’s volume into a 146-minute film.
Full review on SIFY
Sonia Chopra, SIFY

Midnight’s Children - All Reviews

A stunning achievement!
Full review on Bollywood Life
Cineswami, Bollywood Life
Midnight’s Children may not be a perfect film, but rather than focus on dissecting the film, we believe that there is something for everyone, as fans of the book, as interested historians, as intrigued Bollywood fans. It is a film deserved to be watched f
Full review on Bolly Spice
Anjum Shabbir, Bolly Spice
If nothing else, go and watch Midnight's Children to satiate your curiosity about this much-talked about novel.
Full review on India Today
IANS Team, India Today
It is best not to have read Salman Rushdie's famous 1981 novel before walking into its film adaptation, because if you've read and loved the book, Midnight's Children would be an excruciating watch.
Full review on Mid-Day
Mihir Fadnavis, Mid-Day
But, you may not find the canvas as beautiful as Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel
Full review on Smash Hits
K N Gupta, Smash Hits
Midnight's Children is essentially the tale of Saleem Sinai and the journey of his destined life which leads him to startling revelations which change his entire existence. Set against the backdrop of the Indian Independence era, the movie gives us glimps
Full review on Movie Zadda
Deepti Assnani, Movie Zadda
Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children is not a well-crafted film of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. Yet it captures the essence of the novel to the core.
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IANS Team, NDTV 
Midnight’s Children, unfortunately, is no Cloud Atlas, and is certainly no Lord of the Rings (and not because it has no Hobbits — in fact, it has Darsheel Safary).
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First Post
Adapts the text well misses the magic
Full review on FilmFare
Vivek Bhatia, FilmFare
But Mehta's effort fails to put across the deeper context of one of the most important novels on India in English.
Full review on India Today
Vinayak Chakravorty, India Today
You could skip it!
Full review on Koi Moi
Roshni Devi, Koi Moi
It would have possibly been more watchable.
Full review on India Today
Kaveree Bamzai, India Today