# Viceroy's House (2017)

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**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: Gurinder Chadha
**Written by**: Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini
**Starring**: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Michael Gambon, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, David Hayman

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

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The British Raj’s final days meet a Downton-era chamber drama. Lord Mountbatten arrives to partition India while his staff of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants share cramped quarters below. A quiet countdown to independence staged between servitude and sovereignty.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider

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