Mitternachtskinder (2012)

Mitternachtskinder: Directed by Deepa Mehta. With Rajat Kapoor, Vansh Bhardwaj, Anupam Kher, Neha Mahajan. A pair of children, born within moments of India gaining independence from Britain, grow up in the country that is nothing like their parent’s generation.

“A satisfactory (not great) adaptation of a Literary Masterpiece! This might be Deepa Mehtau0026#39;s most ambitious film till date, but not her best one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe sets, the cinematography and the acting are superb; these are the main plus points for the movie. The author (Salman Rushdie) himself does the narration, which gives an intimate feel. The movieu0026#39;s splendid cast is truly fine; with so many experienced actors being a part of it. Shahana Goswami, Seema Biswas and Darsheel Safary truly stand out.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie could have been much better if a few things could have been avoided. First and the primary one being, she broke the first rule of novel adaptations – never let the original author adapt his own book. This causes the screenplay to be flabby, and sometimes overstretched. He struggles to incorporate most of his teeming subplots; the result is that it becomes too difficult to find a narrative focus.The editing and the background score could have been better. The characters seem a little underdeveloped and fail to make an emotional connection. And the screenplay fails to soulfully blend the supernatural realism with the historic political sweep of the story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Book might be u0026#39;Booker of Bookersu0026#39;, but the movie fails to reach that height. Itu0026#39;s still a satisfactory watch for all the booku0026#39;s fans and lovers of unusual cinema.”