Viceroy's House backdrop

Viceroy's House 2017 Directed by Gurinder Chadha

The end of an empire. The birth of two nations.

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.

Production Countries India , United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Hindi
Revenue $11,868,221
Release Date 3 March 2017
106 mins
Cast
Hugh Bonneville Lord Mountbatten
Gillian Anderson Edwina Mountbatten
Michael Gambon General Hastings Ismay
Simon Callow Cyril Radcliffe
Om Puri Ali Rahim Noor
Lily Travers Lady Pamela Hicks
Simon Williams Archie Wavell
Lucy Fleming Lady Wavell
Marcus Jean Pirae Alan Campbell Johnson
Terence Harvey Sir Fred Burrows
Roberta Taylor Miss Reading
Neeraj Kabi Mahatma Gandhi
Denzil Smith Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Jaz Deol Duleep
Robin Soans Governor Jenkins
Tanveer Ghani Jawaharlal Nehru
Trishaan Farrukh
Noah Zeiler Henry Grady
Nicholas Blane Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe
Mahatma Gandhi Self (archive footage)
Jawaharlal Nehru Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edwina Mountbatten Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis Mountbatten Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) (uncredited)