Review on Films Midnight's Children as study of Post Colonial aspects

Review of Movie “Midnight's Children”

“Midnight's Children” one of the most commended novel by Salman Rushdie. It is a story of the rich, the poor and the mistaken. It is fiction and fantasy delightfully wrapped within the folds of the political situation of the three countries, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The film opens in Kashmir as Saleem's maternal grandfather Aadam Aziz, who's a doctor The story centers on two boys born in Bombay at midnight. which is the moment India demolish British rule. The story of Saleem Sinai, raised as the businessman's son, becomes a journey of self discovery for young Saleem. He gets to know Shiva, for whom he was swapped, because Shiva lives in his neighborhood. Shiva also starts appearing in Saleem's ghostly visitations by Midnight's Children, the group connected by the supernatural relationship of being born at the instant of India's independence, whom Saleem has the power to summon. Saleem is sent away to Karachi to live with his maternal aunt Emerald and her Army officer husband Zulfikar.

The three meet again as adults in the film's last act when Shiva, now a ruthless military commander, and Saleem, following six years of amnesia, become involved with the beautiful adult witch, Parvati against the background of Indira Gandhi's brutal emergency measures. Visually, the film include scenes of war, liberation, celebration, corruption, romance and mourning all beautifully captured.