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Midnight's Children
Drama based on Salman Rushdie's novel. India, 1947: Two newborn babies are swapped in a hospital and are doomed to live each other's life in a country going through big changes.
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Thu 11 Aug 202220:00
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Sri Lanka Police Band, Police Park Colombo 5
La Golondrina
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Midnight Children's Marching Band
Pepito
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Rakhi Kumari
Kase Kahun May Daradiya Ho Rama Piya Pardesh Gaye
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Samrat Chakrabarti
Good Night Ladies
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Samrat Chakrabarti
Wee Frolic Winkie
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Kavita Krishnamurthy & Shruti Sadolikar
Jana Gana Mana
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Samrat Chakrabarti
Kashmiri Song
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Seema Biswas
Anything You Want To Be
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Samrat Chakrabarti
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window
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The Choir at St Thomas' College Mount Lavinia
For the Beauty Of the Earth
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Samidha Joglekar
Bhavanaa
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Connie Francis
Who's Sorry Now
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Manna Dey
Aao Twist Karein
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Sukhmani
Mujh Se Pehli Si Mohabbat
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Nicki Wells
Nadia
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Sri Lanka Police Band, Police Park Colombo 5
Bindiya Chamke Gi
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Jagjit Singh
Unkhey Dekhe Se
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Sachin Dev Burman
Jaane Who Kaise Log The
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Salman Rushdie |
| Saleem Sinai | Satya Bhabha |
| Parvati | Shriya Saran |
| Shiva | Siddharth Suryanarayanan |
| William Methwold | Charles Dance |
| Amina | Shahana Goswami |
| Ahmed Sinai | Ronit Roy |
| Zulfikar | Rahul Bose |
| Writer | Salman Rushdie |
| Director | Deepa Metha |
Broadcasts
Sat 26 Sep 201520:15BBC Two except Scotland- Sat 26 Sep 201521:15BBC Two Scotland
Sun 16 Oct 201623:10BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD- Mon 17 Oct 201600:10BBC One Scotland HD & Scotland only
- Mon 28 Aug 201722:30BBC Two except Wales
- Mon 28 Aug 201723:00BBC Two Wales
- Fri 8 Mar 201923:05BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
- Fri 8 Mar 201923:35BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only
- Sat 7 Mar 202023:30BBC Two except Scotland
- Thu 11 Aug 202220:00
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