Popular filmmaker Deepa Mehta’s latest project is based on Salman Rushdie’s Midnight Children. Midnight Children is Rushdie’s one of the best sellers. The latest news as per Siddarth’s twitter update is “It’s official. I’m very happy to be part of the very talented Deepa Mehta’s epic international film salman rushdie’s “Midnights Children”. Other cast members tentaively so far are Shriya Saran, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Soha Ali Khan, and Irrfan Khan.