The Indian censor board has passed without any cuts a film based on Sir Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children, filmmaker Deepa Mehta says.

BBC: Still from Midnight's Children

" Salman Rushdie is a novelist whose works include "Midnight's Children, " which won the Booker Prize, and "The Satanic Verses.

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Author Sir Salman Rushdie's visit to the Indian city of Calcutta to promote the Midnight's Children film has been cancelled at the last minute.

BBC: Salman Rushdie