Editing Midnight's Children (section)

==Adaptations==
In the late 1990s the [[BBC]] was planning to film a five-part mini-series of the novel with [[Rahul Bose]] in the lead, but due to pressure from the [[Islam in Sri Lanka|Muslim community]] in Sri Lanka (a later Rushdie's novel, ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'', published in 1988 caused [[The Satanic Verses controversy|widespread uproar in the Muslim world]]), the filming permit was revoked and the project was cancelled.<ref>{{cite book
 |title      = Step across this line: collected nonfiction 1992–2002
 |url      = https://archive.org/details/stepacrossthisli00rush
 |url-access = registration
 |last       = Rushdie
 |first      = Salman
 |author-link = Salman Rushdie
 |year       = 2002
 |publisher  = Random House
 |isbn       = 978-0-679-46334-4
 |page       = [https://archive.org/details/stepacrossthisli00rush/page/77 77]}}</ref> Later in 2003, the novel was adapted for the stage by the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref name="LE">{{cite web|url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3591|title=Literary Encyclopedia – Midnight's Children|publisher=litencyc.com}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave the play an average rating of 5.2 out of 10 based on reviews from multiple British newspapers. <ref>{{cite news |title=The week in arts|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian/144114756/ |access-date=19 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=8 Feb 2003|page=447}}</ref> [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast a dramatic adaptation in 2017 at the 70th anniversary of Indian independence, repeated in five parts in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0909rfb/episodes/guide | title=BBC Radio 4 - Midnight's Children}}</ref>

Director [[Deepa Mehta]] collaborated with Salman Rushdie on a new version of the story, the film ''[[Midnight's Children (film)|Midnight's Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/International/Rushdie-visits-Mumbai-for-Midnights-Children-film-/articleshow/5432895.cms|title=Rushdie visits Mumbai for 'Midnight's Children' film|work=The Times of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114151659/http://movies.indiatimes.com/International/Rushdie-visits-Mumbai-for-Midnights-Children-film-/articleshow/5432895.cms|archive-date=14 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Im-a-film-buff-Rushdie/articleshow/5436509.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811030544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-13/news-interviews/28121143_1_deepa-mehta-bt-midnight-s-children|url-status=live|archive-date=2011-08-11|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=I'm a film buff: Rushdie|date=13 January 2010 }}</ref> [[British Indian|British-Indian]] actor [[Satya Bhabha]] played the role of Saleem Sinai<ref>{{cite news|title=Deepa finds Midnight's Children lead|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Deepa-finds-Midnights-Children-lead/articleshow/6386128.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503103606/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-21/news-interviews/28306314_1_salman-rushdie-s-midnight-s-children-saleem-sinai-imran-khan|url-status=live|archive-date=3 May 2012|access-date=9 April 2011|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=21 August 2010}}</ref> while other roles were played by [[India]]n actors [[Shriya Saran]], [[Seema Biswas]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Anupam Kher]], [[Siddharth Narayan]], [[Rahul Bose]], [[Soha Ali Khan]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Dreaming-of-Midnight-s-Children/563437/|title = Dreaming of Midnight's Children|work = The Indian Express| date=5 January 2010 }}</ref> [[Shahana Goswami]], Anita Majumdar<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/Irrfan-moves-from-Mira-Nair-to-Deepa-Mehta/H1-Article1-499416.aspx Irrfan moves from Mira Nair to Deepa Mehta] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304213538/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Irrfan-moves-from-Mira-Nair-to-Deepa-Mehta/H1-Article1-499416.aspx |date=4 March 2010 }}</ref> and [[Darsheel Safary]].<ref>{{cite news
 | last       =Jha
 | first      =Subhash K.
 | title      =Darsheel Safary Darsheel Safary in Midnight's Children
 | url        =https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Darsheel-Safary-in-Midnights-Children/articleshow/7832012.cms
 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120609143444/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-31/news-interviews/29365634_1_darsheel-safary-deepa-mehta-salman-rushdie-s-midnight-s-children
 | url-status =live
 | archive-date =9 June 2012
 | access-date =20 May 2011
 | newspaper  =[[The Times of India]]
 | date       =31 March 2011}}</ref> The film was premiered in September 2012 at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] (2012-09-09)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/midnightschildren |title=Midnight's Children &#124; tiff.net |access-date=2015-05-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805234818/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/midnightschildren |archive-date=5 August 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] (2012-09-27).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viff.org/node/29209|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416023822/http://www.viff.org/node/29209|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 April 2013|title=viff.org - Vancouver International Film Centre}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | last       =Nolen
 | first      =Stephanie
 | title      =Mehta at midnight
 | url        =https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/deepa-mehta-films-rushdies-midnights-children/article2021293/singlepage/#articlecontent
 | access-date =17 May 2011
 | newspaper  =[[The Globe and Mail]]
 | date       =15 May 2011}}</ref> For an academic overview of the adaptations of ''Midnight's Children'', see Mendes and Kuortti (2016).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mendes|first1=Ana Cristina|last2=Kuortti|first2=Joel|date=2016-12-21|title=Padma or No Padma: Audience in the Adaptations of Midnight's Children|journal=The Journal of Commonwealth Literature|language=en|volume=52|issue=3|pages=501–518|doi=10.1177/0021989416671171|issn=0021-9894|hdl=10451/29281|s2cid=164759708 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>

In June 2018 streaming service [[Netflix]] announced plans to adapt ''Midnight's Children'' as an original Netflix TV series.<ref>Economic Times (29 June 2018). ''[https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/netflix-to-adapt-salman-rushdies-midnights-children-as-original-tv-series/64795903 Netflix to adapt Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children' as original TV series]''.</ref> By the end of 2019, the project had been abandoned. Although showrunner [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] had received support from Rushdie for his script and had done much of the work on casting and scouting locations, after the compromises he had made on his poorly-received 2017 film ''[[Rangoon (2017 Hindi film)|Rangoon]]'' he would not go ahead without agreement for a more ambitious project with a greater special effects budget than Netflix was prepared to agree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/midnights-children-netflix-vishal-bhardwaj-tv-series_in_5ddf6fa6e4b00149f7298cdd|title=How Vishal Bhardwaj's 'Midnight's Children' Adaptation For Netflix Fell Apart|date=2019-11-28|website=HuffPost India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>