Director Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children to be screened at the Aga Khan Museum

Two children are born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, at the very moment that India claims its independence from Great Britain — a coincidence that has profound consequences on their lives. Switched at birth in the hospital, the boys — one from a wealthy family, the other belonging to a poor single father — must live out each other’s intended fates, their lives strangely intertwined and linked to their country’s journey through the tumultuous 20th century.

Bursting with wit and dream-like magic, this special screening is presented in celebration of NCFD 150 — the largest film festival in the world.

Wednesday, April 19, 7 pm

https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/performing-arts/event/midnights-children

Also watch Freida Pinto in: Desert Dancer on Wednesday, April 26, 7 pm

 

Previously on Ismailimail…

Aga Khan University: Playing to Save a Life Firoz & Saida Rasul to receive honorary degree from University of Alberta during Canada’s 150th anniversary Introducing Malala Fund’s new CEO, Farah Mohamed – Malala Fund Archnet Collections: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art French edition of a new book- Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan: Humaniste et Visionnaire – a Biography by Diana Miserez Azmina Kassam: “The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth” Islamic garden coming to University of Alberta Botanical Garden in 2018