Victoria & Abdul

Name: Victoria & Abdul
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2017-09-13
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar

History's most unlikely friendship.

Victoria & Abdul (2017)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Video for the film Victoria & Abdul — Welcome to the Peacock Throne

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Release date

2017-09-13

Country

India, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Focus Features, Working Title Films, Perfect World Pictures, BBC Film, Cross Street Films, India Take One Productions

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$22 000 000

Box office

$66 558 465

Website

http://www.focusfeatures.com/victoriaandabdul/

Director

Stephen Frears

Actors

Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon, Paul Higgins, Olivia Williams, Fenella Woolgar, Julian Wadham
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Scenario

Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tracey Seaward, Beeban Kidron, Lee Hall

Camera operator

Danny Cohen

Composer

Thomas Newman

Artist

Alan MacDonald

Audition

Leo Davis, Lissy Holm, Nandini Shrikent

Editing

Melanie Oliver
Whole Team (104)

Short description

Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

What's left behind the scenes

On November 18, 2016, activists from the far-right Hindu organization Bajrang Dal staged a protest on the film set against the installation of a statue of Queen Victoria in the Moon Garden of Agra, which was required by the script. The filmmakers immediately draped the statue and left the city. Production had to be halted, and the scenes originally planned to be shot on location in Agra were subsequently filmed in matching sets in London.
The costumes used in the film were put on public display at Osborne House on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, where they remained until September 30, 2017. Osborne House is an Italian-style palace that served as a summer residence for the royal family.
The final on-screen appearance of Tim Piggot-Smith (who played Sir Henry Ponsonby). The actor passed away before the film's release. The movie is dedicated to his memory.
When introducing her granddaughter Sophia to the Karims, Victoria calls her the Queen of Greece. Sophia became the Queen of Greece in 1913.
Abdul refers to his home province as Uttar Pradesh in at least two instances. This name only came into common use in 1950. During the time period depicted in the film, this region was known as the 'United Provinces'.