Mehta collaborated on the screenplay for Midnight's Children with the novel's author, Salman Rushdie.[11][12] British-Indian actor Satya Bhabha played the role of Saleem Sinai[13] while other roles were played by Shriya Saran, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth Narayan, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan,[14] Shahana Goswami[15] and Darsheel Safary.[16] The film was released on September 9, 2012 at Toronto International Film Festival.