Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

Actor · Producer · Writer

Mumbai, India
June 19, 1947

Biography

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie FRSL is a British Indian novelist and essayist. His second novel, Midnight's Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be "the best novel of all winners" on two separate occasions, marking the 25th and the 40th anniversary of the prize.

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Representative Works

Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary
6.7
/ English
Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me
5.6
/ English
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
No Rating Yet
/ English
Orwell: 2+2=5
Orwell: 2+2=5
7.2
/ English
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
5.5
/ English
Geist, Geschäft und Party - 75 Jahre Frankfurter Buchmesse
Geist, Geschäft und Party - 75 Jahre Frankfurter Buchmesse
No Rating Yet
/ English
The Hitch
The Hitch
6.4
/ English
River of Fundament
River of Fundament
6.1
/ English
365 Day Project
365 Day Project
10.0
/ English
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
6.6
/ French
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams
7.1
/ Spanish
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
5.8
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Bridget Jones's Diary
2001Nominee

Best Performance

Bridget Jones's Diary

Then She Found Me
2007Nominee

Best Performance

Then She Found Me

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
2026Nominee

Best Performance

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Career Highlights

Orwell: 2+2=5
2025Highlight

Best Performance

Orwell: 2+2=5

Midnight's Children
2012Highlight

Best Performance

Midnight's Children

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