The premiere of Deepa Mehta's new film Midnight's Children was held on January 30, at PVR theatre in Phoenix Mills, Lower Parel, South Mumbai.

It was well-attended by film personalities, and of course, the film's star cast.

We look at the red carpet arrivals.

Looking gorgeous in white, Shriya Saran proved that she's really one of the hottest actresses in the industry today.

Actress Shahana Goswami, who plays protagonist Saleem Sinai's mother in the film, also looked gorgeous in white.

Novelist Salman Rushdie, who wrote the best-selling book way back in 1981, poses with the film's director Deepa Mehta.

Salman wrote the screenplay for the film, and was the narrator in it as well.

Rahul Bose has two releases this Friday, Midnight's Children and the controversial Vishwaroop.

He poses with cricketer Yuvraj Singh and actor Angad Bedi at the premiere.

The beautiful Konkona Sen Sharma arrives solo.

Actor Darsheel Safary, who plays the young Saleem Sinai, grins for the cameras.

The key players of Midnight's Children pose for the cameras -- Deepa's husband David Hamilton, Neha Tripathi, actors Shriya Saran and Shahana Goswami, Deepa Mehta, Salman Rushdie, actors Samrat Chakrabarti, Shikha Talsania and Rahul Bose.

Filmmakers Shyam Benegal and Sudhir Mishra arrive for the premiere.