Watch Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon and Simon Callow in action in new Viceroy’s House clip
With just over a week until the release of Viceroy’s House on March 3rd, Pathé has released a brand new clip featuring Hugh Bonneville, Michael Gambon and Simon Callow. Take a look at the footage in the video player above.
The clock is ticking until India wins its independence from British rule and Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville), General Hastings Ismay (Michael Gambon) and Cyril Radcliffe (Simon Callow) face the difficult task of deciding where India and Pakistan’s borders will lie.
The film tells the true story of the final months of British rule in India and its release will coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the Independence of India and the founding of Pakistan.
The British cast is led by Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington) as Lord Mountbatten; Gillian Anderson (The X Files, The Fall) as his wife, Lady Mountbatten; Lily Travers (Kingsman) as their daughter, Pamela; and Sir Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Quartet) and Simon Callow (A Room With A View, Four Weddings and a Funeral) as key civil servants.
The Indian and Pakistani cast is led by Manish Dayal (The Hundred Foot Journey), Huma Qureshi (Gangs of Wasseypur) and Om Puri (The Hundred Foot Journey, East Is East). The roles of the principal political leaders are played by Tanveer Ghani (Nehru), Denzil Smith(Jinnah) and Neeraj Kabi (Gandhi).
It is a story that is deeply personal to Gurinder, whose own family was caught up in the tragic events that unfolded as the Raj came to an end.
VICEROY’S HOUSE is directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend it like Beckham) with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges and Moira Buffini, and is produced by Deepak Nayar (Bend it like Beckham, The End of Violence, Buena Vista Social Club), Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. The film is executive produced by Pathé’s Cameron McCracken, Reliance’s Shibasish Sarkar, BBC Films’ Christine Langan, the BFI’s Natascha Wharton and Ingenious Media’s Tim O’Shea.
Gurinder Chadha’s VICEROY’S HOUSE will be released in cinemas by Pathe in the UK on 3rd March 2017.
