Movie review of Midnight’s children

                             

     Midnights children is a book by salman Rushdie that book is deals with condition of India before independence and after independence. This book is very good to understand what post colonialism is.

     Film directed by Deepa Mehta. Film version of this movie is quiet easy to understand rather than reading of book. Book is also a very good source but it takes more time to complete. In film just major things are shown in through that point we can easily understand the novel. In that novel we find what types of condition of India, and Pakistan, Bangladesh are also there. Salman Rushdie selected historical things with fictional aspects.

     In this movie character of ‘Saleem’ represents as an author himself. The main theme of the movie is ‘magical realism’ which is very significant. Ritual India, social status and ‘birth’ in particular classes these are very important aspect for living life. These things are very well presented in the film. How society treat upper class people and how they change their perspective for lower class people.

     Mix exchange of child and how their identities are lost and change. Poor becomes richer and richer becomes poor. Political satire is also there and its effects are shown very symbolically.

Deepa Mehta’s movie mostly stressing upon relationship and magical realism which is associates with post-colonial literature.  

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