
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.
Cast

Satya Bhabha
Saleem Sinai

Shahana Goswami
Amina

Shabana Azmi
Naseem

Rajat Kapoor
Aadam Aziz

Siddharth
Shiva

Shriya Saran
Parvati

Charles Dance
William Methwold

Anupam Kher
Ghani

Salman Rushdie
Narrator (voice)

Dhritiman Chatterjee
Mian Abdullah
Kusum Haider
Rani of Cooch

Zaib Shaikh
Nadir Khan

Samrat Chakrabarti
Wee Willie Winkle
Anita Majumdar
Emerald

Shikha Talsania
Alia

Rahul Bose
Zulfikar

Ronit Roy
Ahmed Sinai
M.G.M.S. Zulfick
Mullah
Rakhi Kumari
Vanita

Seema Biswas
Mary Pereira

Harish Khanna
Joe D'Costa
Dhamayanthi Fonseka
Flory
Ainsley De Silva
Headmaster Crusoe
Tahir Mahmood
President Quivering

Darsheel Safary
Young Saleem
Mohamed Safran Sarron
2-Year-Old Little Aadam
Crew

Deepa Mehta
Director, Co-Writer, Executive Producer

Salman Rushdie
Screenplay, Book, Executive Producer
Colin Monie
Editor

Giles Nuttgens
Director of Photography
Reid A. Dunlop
First Assistant Director
Sarah Deline
Production Coordinator
Jason Garrett
Executive Producer
David Hamilton
Executive Producer, Producer
Doug Mankoff
Executive Producer

Dilip Mehta
Executive Producer, Production Design, Creative Producer
David Rogers
Executive Producer
Steven Silver
Executive Producer
Andrew Spaulding
Executive Producer

Neil Tabatznik
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen
Co-Producer

Stephen Woolley
Co-Producer
Alok Kapur
Line Producer
Stephen Traynor
Line Producer
Robert Wertheimer
Line Producer
Dave Derry
Dolly Grip
Kapil Verma
Steadicam Operator
Narinder Singh
Wardrobe Supervisor

Dolly Ahluwalia
Costume Design
Renee Chan
Hair Department Head
Lalith Darmawardane
Hairstylist
Geralyn Wraith
Makeup Department Head

David Rose
Sound Effects Editor
Lou Solakofski
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Eric Putzer
Boom Operator
Don White
Foley Mixer
Barry Gilmore
ADR Editor
Surendra Kumar
Lighting Technician
Brock Jolliffe
Special Effects Coordinator
Bill Martin
Visual Effects
Chris Philips
VFX Artist
Nitin Sawhney
Original Music Composer
David McCallum
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Sue Conley
Dialogue Editor
Brent Pickett
Dialogue Editor
Anuradha Ranjith
Painter
Shiuli Thukral
Set Decoration
Dusty Mancinelli
Still Photographer
Carolyn Arbuckle
Script Supervisor
Sundaresan Jegadeesan
Best Boy Electrician
Mark Wotton
Best Boy Electric
Ramesh Yogendran
Best Boy Electric
Anthony Lordon
Location Manager
Malcolm Mantara Rattanapitiya
Location Manager
John LaForet
Stunt Coordinator
Arshad Khan
Property Master
Anne MacKenzie
Story Editor
Terry Banting
Gaffer
Rashid Ahmad
Tailor
P.K. Chadrawathie
Tailor
Talagalage Rasika Thathasarani
Tailor
S. Viswalingam
Tailor
Tahir Mahmood
Art Direction
Thilak Pushpa Kumara
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