I worked in slums to prepare for `Midnights`s Children`: Shriya Saran

Last Updated: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 17:40

Shriya Saran spent two months working in slums to understand the nuances of her character Parvati, a woman with strange magical powers, in Deepa Mehta`s adaptation of `Midnight`s Children`.

Uncertainty over Salman Rushdie`s India visit to promote film

Last Updated: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 08:16

Uncertainty prevailed over author Salman Rushdie`s visit to India next week to promote Deepa Mehta`s screen adaptation of his novel `Midnight`s Children`, with conflicting versions coming from the promotional event host and the film`s official publicists.

Soha Ali Khan picks the foreign style of working

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 19:57

Soha Ali Khan is well-versed with the working culture of Bollywood, but working in an international project like ‘Midnight`s Children’ was an enriching experience for her.

Playing Shiva in `Midnight`s Children` wasn`t difficult: Siddharth

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 16:33

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

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 08:42

Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta`s ambitious project ‘Midnight`s Children’ is set to hit Indian screens Feb 1.

Nostalgic Deepa Mehta craves for Dilli`s channa-chai

Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 08:57

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.

Salman Rushdie might visit India for `Midnight`s Children` promotion

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 20:22

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`.

I was expecting problem for `Midnight`s Children`: Deepa Mehta

Last Updated: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 14:06

Deepa Mehta, whose earlier 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

Last Updated: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 19:36

‘Midnight`s Children’ has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification.

Deepa Mehta`s `Midnight`s Children` irks Kerala Congress

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 19:16

Deepa Mehta`s `Midnight`s Children` premiere has come under criticism from the Kreala Congress because it shows former prime minister Indira Gandhi in poor light.