abstract:Shahana is an Indian classical upper-tetrachord-dominant Kanada-anga raga, from the Kafi thaat, allied with Bageshree and Bhimpalasi. The shuddha Dhaivat is an important rest note (nyaas swara).
The huge cast of Midnight's Children includes Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Rahul Bose, Charles Dance, Shriya Saran and Shahana Goswami, besides newcomer Satya Bhabha as Saleem Sinai and southern Indian star Siddharth as Shiva.