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| Directed by | Gurinder Chadha |
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| Based on | Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre and The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India's Partition by Narendra Singh Sarila |
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| Cinematography | Ben Smithard |
| Edited by | Victoria Boydell |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
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Running time | 106 minutes[2] |
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| Budget | $8.5 million[3] |
| Box office | $11.8 million[1] |
Viceroy's House is a 2017 fictional drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, and Chadha.[4] The film stars Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, and Michael Gambon.[5] It was selected to be screened out of competition at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.[6]
The film was released in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2017,[7] while the Hindi dubbed version titled Partition: 1947 was released in India on 18 August 2017, three days after its 70th Independence Day. It was released worldwide on 1 September 2017.[8] Viceroy's House is based on Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, and The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of Partition by Narendra Singh Sarila.[9]
- ^ a b "Viceroy's House". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Programme - Viceroy's House". Berlinale. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ "Gurinder Chadha, the maker of 'Viceroy's House'". Financial Times. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Gurinder Chadha hopes Indians love 'Partition: 1947'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Review 'Viceroy's House' opens the door to a key era in India's past". Los Angeles Times. 31 August 2017.
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- ^ Disclaimer at beginning of film