Movie
Viceroy's House
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-03-03
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Reliance Entertainment, BBC Film, BFI, Bend It Films, Deepak Nayar Productions, Anguille Productions, Filmgate, India Take One, Ingenious Media, Pathé
- Country
- India, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
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
- Arunoday Singh as Asif
- Sarah-Jane Dias as Sameera
Crew
- Gurinder Chadha - Director
- Paul Mayeda Berges - Writer
- Moira Buffini - Writer
- Gurinder Chadha - Writer
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