Viceroy's House (film)

Viceroy's House
British poster
Directed byGurinder Chadha
Written by
Based onFreedom 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
Produced by
  • Paul Mayeda Berges
  • Gurinder Chadha
  • Deepak Nayar
Starring
CinematographyBen Smithard
Edited byVictoria Boydell
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
Running time
106 minutes[2]
Countries
Languages
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]

  1. ^ a b "Viceroy's House". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Programme - Viceroy's House". Berlinale. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Gurinder Chadha, the maker of 'Viceroy's House'". Financial Times. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Gurinder Chadha hopes Indians love 'Partition: 1947'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Review 'Viceroy's House' opens the door to a key era in India's past". Los Angeles Times. 31 August 2017.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Berlin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference release was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Rohit Vats (17 August 2017). "Partition-1947 movie review: If it wasn't Lord Mountbatten then who divided India?". Hindustan Times.
  9. ^ Disclaimer at beginning of film