Viceroy's House (film)

Viceroy's House
Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Produced by Gurinder Chadha
Paul Mayeda Berges
Deepak Nayar
Written by Paul Mayeda Berges
Moira Buffini
Gurinder Chadha
Starring Hugh Bonneville
Gillian Anderson
Manish Dayal
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Ben Smithard
Edited by Victoria Boydell
Production
companies
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment (India)
Pathé (UK, France)
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Viceroy's House is an upcoming British-Indian historical drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Moira Buffini, and Chadha. The film stars Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, and Manish Dayal.

Plot

About the inside life of the Viceroy's House in 1947 during the Partition of India.

Cast

Production

On 30 April 2015, it was announced that Hugh Bonneville and Gillian Anderson would star in the historical drama film Viceroy's House to be directed by Gurinder Chadha, which Chadha scripted along with Paul Mayeda Berges and Moira Buffini.[1] The film set in 1947 during the Partition of India, and the life inside the Viceroy's House, would be produced by Chadha, Deepak Nayar, and Paul Ritchie.[1] Pathé and BBC Films would be co-financing the film.[1] On 1 September 2015, more cast was announced including Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Tanveer Ghani, Denzil Smith, Neeraj Kabi, Om Puri, Lily Travers, Michael Gambon, and Simon Callow.[2]

Principal photography on the film began on 30 August 2015 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, where it was shot for eight weeks.[3][2]

Music

On 12 April 2016, Chadha confirmed that A. R. Rahman is composing the score for the feature.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wiseman, Andreas (30 April 2015). "Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson topline partition drama 'Viceroy’s House'". screendaily.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell, Robert (1 September 2015). "Gurinder Chadha’s ‘Viceroy’s House’ Starts Shoot in India". variety.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. "On the Set for 9/4/15: Michael Fassbender Starts on Assassin’s Creed, Margot Robbie Wraps on Suicide Squad". ssninsider.com. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. Gurinder Chadha [GurinderC] (12 April 2016). "In chennai working with the amazing @arrahman on the score for my @ViceroysHouse can life get anymore inspiring #GeniusAR" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 April 2016.

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