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The Resource Midnight's children, Mongrel Media presents in association with Filmation Entertainment, Frontier Noble Nomad Pictures a Hamilton-Mehta Production ; produced by David Hamilton ; screenplay by Salman Rushdie ; directed by Deepa Mehta, (videorecording)

Midnight's children, Mongrel Media presents in association with Filmation Entertainment, Frontier Noble Nomad Pictures a Hamilton-Mehta Production ; produced by David Hamilton ; screenplay by Salman Rushdie ; directed by Deepa Mehta, (videorecording)

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At the stroke of midnight on August 15th, 1947, as India declares independence from Great Britain, two babies are switched at birth by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. And so it is that Saleem Sinai, the bastard child of a beggar woman, and Shiva, the only son of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destinies meant for each other. Over the next three decades, Saleem and Shiva find themselves on opposite sides of many a conflict
Language
  • eng
  • hin
  • urd
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (146 min.)
Note
Title from container
Instance
Label
Midnight's children
Title
Midnight's children
Statement of responsibility
Mongrel Media presents in association with Filmation Entertainment, Frontier Noble Nomad Pictures a Hamilton-Mehta Production ; produced by David Hamilton ; screenplay by Salman Rushdie ; directed by Deepa Mehta
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Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • hin
  • urd
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
At the stroke of midnight on August 15th, 1947, as India declares independence from Great Britain, two babies are switched at birth by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. And so it is that Saleem Sinai, the bastard child of a beggar woman, and Shiva, the only son of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destinies meant for each other. Over the next three decades, Saleem and Shiva find themselves on opposite sides of many a conflict
Cataloging source
LPU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director, Deepa Mehta
Dewey number
791.4372
Intended audience
Rating: NR
Language note
In English, Hindi, and Urdu. Subtitles in English when non-English is spoken. Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.M5365 2012
PerformerNote
Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1949-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hamilton, David
  • Rushdie, Salman
  • Mehta, Deepa
  • Bhabha, Satya
  • Goswami, Shahana
  • Rushdie, Salman
  • Kapoor, Rajat
  • Mongrel Media
  • Filmation (Firm)
  • Frontier Noble Normad Pictures
  • Virgil Films (Firm)
Runtime
146
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Infants switched at birth
  • Fate and fatalism
Technique
live action
Label
Midnight's children, Mongrel Media presents in association with Filmation Entertainment, Frontier Noble Nomad Pictures a Hamilton-Mehta Production ; produced by David Hamilton ; screenplay by Salman Rushdie ; directed by Deepa Mehta, (videorecording)
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Publication
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Title from container
Bar code
  • 31223111186814
  • 31223111186806
  • 31223111186897
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (146 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
829567094327
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
670943
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)854918926
System details
DVD, widescreen, 1.78:1; Region 1
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Midnight's children, Mongrel Media presents in association with Filmation Entertainment, Frontier Noble Nomad Pictures a Hamilton-Mehta Production ; produced by David Hamilton ; screenplay by Salman Rushdie ; directed by Deepa Mehta, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
Title from container
Bar code
  • 31223111186814
  • 31223111186806
  • 31223111186897
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (146 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
829567094327
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
670943
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)854918926
System details
DVD, widescreen, 1.78:1; Region 1
Video recording format
DVD

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