<p>Actress Shriya Saran, who features in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says she had a "brilliant" experience working with the Canada-based Indian filmmaker, who played a perfect guide to her.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Working with Deepa was a life changing experience. She is brilliant to work with. She is very driven and I felt very safe in her hands," Shriya, who earlier worked in Mehta-scripted "Cooking With Stella", told IANS.<br /><br />"She is very understanding and very sensitive. She's always there to guide you. <br /><br />Something very special about her is that every morning she comes and gives you a very warm hug," added the actress who is active in both Bollywood and southern cinema. <br /><br />She is known for working in Tamil film "Shivaji: The Boss" and Bollywood film "Mission Istaanbul".<br /><br />The movie is a big screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. <br /><br />The 30-year-old, who plays Parvati in the film, said: "Parvati is very a wonderful and strong character for any actor to play. She is one of the children born at the stroke of midnight, the moment India’s independence was announced." <br /><br />"She possesses magical powers. But she can't talk about her magic to anyone because if she does, she will turn into a witch," she added.<br /><br />"Midnight's Children", which released Friday, also features Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Ronit Roy, Satya Bhabha, Seema Biswas, Darsheel Safary, Shahana Goswami, Siddharth, Anita Majumdar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Soha Ali Khan.</p>
<p>Actress Shriya Saran, who features in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says she had a "brilliant" experience working with the Canada-based Indian filmmaker, who played a perfect guide to her.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Working with Deepa was a life changing experience. She is brilliant to work with. She is very driven and I felt very safe in her hands," Shriya, who earlier worked in Mehta-scripted "Cooking With Stella", told IANS.<br /><br />"She is very understanding and very sensitive. She's always there to guide you. <br /><br />Something very special about her is that every morning she comes and gives you a very warm hug," added the actress who is active in both Bollywood and southern cinema. <br /><br />She is known for working in Tamil film "Shivaji: The Boss" and Bollywood film "Mission Istaanbul".<br /><br />The movie is a big screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. <br /><br />The 30-year-old, who plays Parvati in the film, said: "Parvati is very a wonderful and strong character for any actor to play. She is one of the children born at the stroke of midnight, the moment India’s independence was announced." <br /><br />"She possesses magical powers. But she can't talk about her magic to anyone because if she does, she will turn into a witch," she added.<br /><br />"Midnight's Children", which released Friday, also features Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Ronit Roy, Satya Bhabha, Seema Biswas, Darsheel Safary, Shahana Goswami, Siddharth, Anita Majumdar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Soha Ali Khan.</p>