Deepa Mehta is to direct and co-write the adaptation with the author, and the film is expected to start production in 2010, it was announced in New York yesterday.

昨天纽约方面宣布，迪帕·梅塔(Deepa Mehta)将担任导演，并与作者合作剧本的改编。影片预计将于2010年开始拍摄。

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Sir Salman was scheduled to attend a literary event at a book fair alongside director Deepa Mehta and actor Rahul Bose.

BBC: India

The author was also expected to drop in at a literary event at a book fair where director Deepa Mehta and actor Rahul Bose were addressing a session.

BBC: Salman Rushdie

Responding to a petition from the film's Toronto-based director, Deepa Mehta, to prevent a slide into "complete anarchy, " the Supreme Court has upbraided the federal government for not preventing the assaults.

CNN: BURNED BY HOME FIRES