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Viceroy's House
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
2017 · Directed by Gurinder Chadha · 106 min · Drama · History · 10 frames
Tagline
The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.
Crew
- Written by: Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, Gurinder Chadha
- Cinematography: Ben Smithard
- Edited by: Valerio Bonelli, Victoria Boydell
- Music: A.R. Rahman
- Production design: Laurence Dorman
- Produced by: Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayar
Cast
- Hugh Bonneville as Lord Mountbatten
- Gillian Anderson as Edwina Mountbatten
- Michael Gambon as General Hastings Ismay
- Manish Dayal as Jeet
- Huma Qureshi as Aalia
- David Hayman as Ewart
- Simon Callow as Cyril Radcliffe
- Om Puri as Ali Rahim Noor
- Lily Travers as Lady Pamela Hicks
- Simon Williams as Archie Wavell
Production
- Country: India, United Kingdom
- Language: Hindi, English
- Studios: Reliance Entertainment, BBC Film, BFI, Bend It Films
- Box office: $11,868,221
- Themes: independence, religious conflict, colonial india, interfaith love
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