Viceroy's House

Viceroy's House

106 mins | Drama, History | March 3, 2017

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.

Viceroy's House

106 mins | Drama, History | March 3, 2017

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers BBC Films, India Take One Productions, Pathé Productions, British Film Institute, Reliance Entertainment, Bend It Films, Ingenious, Deepak Nayar Productions, Anguille Productions, Filmgate
Original title Viceroy's House
Directors San Davey, Gurinder Chadha
Writers Moira Buffini, Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha

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

Lucy Fleming

as Lady Wavell

Marcus Jean Pirae

as Alan Campbell Johnson

Samrat Chakrabarti

as Mohsin

Terence Harvey

as Sir Fred Burrows

Roberta Taylor

as Miss Reading

Neeraj Kabi

as Mahatma Gandhi

Denzil Smith

as Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Darshan Jariwala

as Guptaji

Jaz Deol

as Duleep

Robin Soans

as Governor Jenkins

Tanveer Ghani

as Jawaharlal Nehru

Trishaan

as Farrukh

Hriiday Malhotra

as Sanjit

Noah Zeiler

as Henry Grady

Nicholas Blane

as Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe

Mahatma Gandhi

as Himself (archive footage)

Jawaharlal Nehru

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwina Mountbatten

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Louis Mountbatten

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Winston Churchill

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)