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Midnight's ChildrenMidnight's Children - the cast

Meet the cast breathing life into our new adaptation of Salman Rushdie's magical story.

  • Saleem (Nikesh Patel) and Parvati-the-Witch (Aysha Kala)
  • The Perforated Sheet: Aadam Aziz (Abhin Galeya) and his mother (Meera Syal)
  • The Perforated Sheet - Naseem (Maya Sondhi)
  • The Birth of a Nation: Mumtaz (Anneika Rose)
  • The Birth of a Nation: Ahmed Sinai (Narinder Samra)
  • The Birth of a Nation: Wee Willie Winkie (Ronny Jhutti)
  • Snakes and Ladders: Young Saleem (Zain Syed) and his sister Jamila, the Brass Monkey (Misha Shah)
  • All India Radio: the Midnight's Children
  • Alpha and Omega: recording the Midnight's Children in studio
  • Revelations: film producer Homi Catrack (Kulvinder Ghir)
  • Revelations: Mary Pereira (Chetna Pandya)
  • How Saleem Achieved Purity: Jamila Singer (Deeivya Meir)
  • How Saleem Achieved Purity: Sergeant Major Najmuddin (Sagar Arya)
  • The Shadow of the Mosque: Picture Singh (Silas Carson)
  • Midnight: Saleem's nemesis, Shiva (Nitin Ganatra)

This gallery is from

  • Midnight's Children

    Dramatisation of Salman Rushdie's dazzling novel of love, history and magic.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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