The special screening was aimed at raising funds for Ila Trust founded by Reeta Devi. It was attended by Mehta, along with author Salman Rushdie on whose Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name the film is based. <img alt="Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Ritu Kumar, Sunanda Pushkar and Shahi Tharoor." src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Deepa-Mehta.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 318px;" /> Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Ritu Kumar, Sunanda Pushkar and Shahi Tharoor.Pic/IANS Seema Biswas and Shashi Tharoor, minister of state for human resource development along with his wife Sunanda Pushkar also attended the screening. &quot;It takes one honest, motivated person to help better the lives of hundreds. Reeta Dev Burman is that one person. She leads a one-woman crusade to alleviate the suffering of those marginalised by society,&quot; Mehta said in a statement &quot;To have the premium screening of our film &#39;Midnight&#39;s Children&#39; in benefit of Ila Trust is indeed an honour and a privilege,&quot; she added. Distributed by PVR Pictures, the film is set to release in India Feb 1. u00a0

A special screening of Deepa Mehta's forthcoming film "Midnight's Children" was organised to raise funds for a charity organisation, which operates a mobile clinic to give medical aid to underprivileged in the slums here.

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