Freedom at Midnight

An absolute masterpiece, portraying the true architects of our freedom struggle. As the film-makers have told us in the tagline, this is the history that we should know. I would go one step further and say that this is the history that we, as a nation, NEED to know, especially in today's times when the true Fathers of our nation are being ridiculed, vilified, blamed, and stripped of all the credit they deserve.

The series portrays the struggles behind Partition, how the Congress, as a whole, tried their utmost to stop it, how the Mahatma did not compromise with his ideals till the very end, how the League tried (and ultimately succeeded) to extort a Nation merely based on the inferiority complex of their leader, and how selfish the British truly were.

My salute to the Director, Mr. Nikhil Advani, and to Sony LIVV for bringing this important piece of history to our screens. My salute to the casting director for being so spot on with his/her casting choices!

Overall, one of the best and most important web series that I have watched. The ending, as well, makes me think that there could be another season of this showing the horrors of the actual partition and the aftermath, especially the contribution of Sardar Patel in the accession of princely states and the vision of Dr. Nehru during his tenure as Prime Minister.

If we look at the story without the history of India, then it is a very good picturization.

But while watching the series historically, it feels as if we have become witnesses of that time and moment.

Life seems to think, flow and move in that direction.

To be honest, it is more important to live the series while watching it, rather than making excuses and looking for mistakes in the story.

I have given 10/10 marks because in all the series I have seen till date, I have seen meaningless stories and endings. After a long time, I have got to watch a heart touching movie / series / drama / story.

Many thanks to the entire production unit 🔥🔥🔥

I was waiting for this series release since I saw the trailer. The trailer was enough to create an excitement for the series. The series intro is a masterpiece in its self, the music creates an different environment, it feels patriotic. Over all performance of the actors was remarkable, among them I loved the performance of 'Arif Zakaria' as Mohammad Ail jinnah. He played the role very wisely and precisely which I loved the most. About the story, I loved the story telling is so good. There is so much in the series which tells about the separation history of India. There is so much English used in the series which makes it little difficult to understand for normal audience, but there are subtitles available to understand. The series also does what it says in its tagline, "The history you may not know, The history you should know". And at the last but not the list, the director 'Nikhil Advani' did a great direction overall the series. I would like to thank the team of 'Freedom at Midnight' to give such a treat to us by showing us the history that we all should know as being an Indian.

I had read this book almost 45 years ago when I was in my twenties. So I was not sure whether the makers of the web series would be truthful to the book or would put their bias in. I was delighted to see that they were truthful to the book. For those who criticize the decisions made in 1946-1947, should realize that their arguments are based on the luxury of their knowledge of what happened between 1946 and 2024. The series shows the struggles all the leaders were having in deciding about partition. Everyone should watch this series with an open mind. Even Jinnah saw an opportunity to be the leader of a brand new country and took it. After all, he was a politician. Great series, production design, background score.

It's an absolutely brilliant political thriller that gives an impartial view of the politics, leadership & circumstances that led to the partition.

The strongest points of the series are its brilliant writing, beautiful production design, cinematography, background score & some strong performances from Asif Zakaria, Rajendra Chawla & Rajesh Kumar.

On the flip side, my issues with the series is the casting of Gandhi & Nehru. Though, the actors have done well to play these parts, they are physically not at all similar to them and are also not able to bring all the facets of their persona properly.

Also, it is puzzling & sad to note the absence of leaders like Ambedkar, Savarkar & Bose in the series since they were also actively involved & were prominent figures in India's independence & partition. The series should have atleast briefly touched upon their roles as well.

Overall, a balanced, well researched & brilliant series in today's world where fake one sided political narratives are created on social media to fool people.