Synopsis
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Metacritic56/100
55 audience votes
Key crew
- Deepa MehtaDirector
- Salman RushdieScreenplay
- Nitin SawhneyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Satya BhabhaSaleem Sinai
- Shahana GoswamiAmina
- Shabana AzmiNaseem
- Rajat KapoorAadam Aziz
- SiddharthShiva
- Shriya SaranParvati
- Charles DanceWilliam Methwold
- Anupam KherGhani
- Salman RushdieNarrator (voice)
- Dhritiman ChatterjeeMian Abdullah
- Kusum HaiderRani of Cooch
- Zaib ShaikhNadir Khan
Stills
Themes
woman director