Director Deepa Mehta collaborated with Salman Rushdie on a new version of the story , the film '' Midnight 's Children '' . British-Indian actor Satya Bhabha played the role of Saleem Sinai while other roles were played by Indian actors Shriya Saran , Seema Biswas , Shabana Azmi , Anupam Kher , Siddharth Narayan , Rahul Bose , Soha Ali Khan , Shahana Goswami , Anita Majumdar and Darsheel Safary . The film was premiered in September 2012 at the Toronto International Film Festival ( 2012-09-09 ) and the Vancouver International Film Festival ( 2012-09-27 ) . For an academic overview of the adaptations of '' Midnight 's Children '' , see Mendes and Kuortti ( 2016 )
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Midnight's Children