Viceroy’s House

film by Chadha [2017]

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"Viceroy's House" is a 2017 film by Gurinder Chadha that dramatizes the final days of British rule in India. The film is set in the Viceroy's House, now known as Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the president of India. It focuses on the partition of India in 1947, a pivotal moment when Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy, was tasked with transferring power from Britain to Indian hands. The film explores the complex political negotiations and personal relationships that led to the division of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan, highlighting the challenges and tensions of this historic transition.12

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Gillian Anderson
Films: The House of Mirth and The Last King of Scotland
…starred in the historical drama Viceroy’s House and in Crooked House, an adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery. She then played an MI6 agent in the comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018). Her film credits from 2019 included The Sunlit Night. Anderson subsequently appeared in White Bird (2023) and…
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…starred in the historical drama Viceroy’s House and in Crooked House, an adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery. She then played an MI6 agent in the comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018). Her film credits from 2019 included The Sunlit Night. Anderson subsequently appeared in White Bird (2023) and…
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