Deepa finds Midnight’s Children lead

After much speculation, the protagonist of Deepa Mehta’s screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children has been finalised. 27-year-old Satya Bhabha, Parsi-German by origin, will play the much-talked-about role of Saleem Sinai. The actor has made an appearance in the sci-fi thriller Scott Pilgrim Versus The World, which opened the world over earlier this month.

Rushdie’s protagonist Saleem Sinai is described in the novel as the one who has “an extraordinary nose”. Believe it or not, but Imran Khan was initially being considered for playing the protagonist’s role. Both Salman Rushdie and director Deepa Mehta thought Imran would fit the role the best. But Imran apparently showed little interest in the part.

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