Midnight's Children

Name: Midnight's Children
Director: Deepa Mehta
Released: 2012
Duration: 148 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Vansh Bhardwaj, Anupam Kher, Neha Mahajan, Dhritiman Chatterjee

2012 · 148 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 3,436 VOTES · DIR. Deepa Mehta

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,461 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:26 l was born in the city of Bombay, once upon a time.

00:05:53 ...it's quite a specimen.

00:11:28 Assassins shot him like a dog.

00:17:26 No, no, you wouldn't like it, ok?

00:22:05 ...like a worm, into our home?

00:27:31 Very well, and you? My wife.

00:32:03 ...or are you come-for-tea?

00:38:44 to Wee Willie Winkie

00:44:24 ...lt was a lot to live up to.

00:49:16 Listen, Saleem, my achievements have been small

00:53:59 Hello? No, it's the wrong number.

00:58:51 children of midnight? No.

01:02:56 You see he's neither one nor the other.

01:07:12 Shut up. Hm!

01:10:08 Excuse me.

01:14:22 The world is things.

01:19:35 Hi.

01:23:51 l like to think, that in spite of all the heartache...

01:29:01 So which side are we on?

01:39:50 Parvati! Parvati the witch!

01:47:29 You haven't told anyone.

01:55:29 ...and forced sterilization.

02:01:20 This is an ''Emergency.''

02:10:21 come.

Cast & Characters

Rajat Kapoor Aadam Aziz Vansh Bhardwaj Boatman Anupam Kher Ghani Neha Mahajan Young Naseem Dhritiman Chatterjee Mian Abdullah Kusum Haidar Rani of Cooch Naheen Zaib Shaikh Nadir Khan Kabir Singh Chowdhry Mian's Assassin Shabana Azmi Naseem Anita Majumdar Emerald

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,461

Dialogue density9.9 lines / min

First line00:00:26

Final line02:10:21

Production Record

DirectorDeepa Mehta

LanguageEnglish

Revenue$1,244,000

IMDb votes3,436