Judi Dench
Queen Victoria
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Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu , about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant ...
Oct 6, 2017 · Victoria & Abdul: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard. Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Stephen Frears
- 2017-10-06
Rated: 3/5 • Mar 1, 2021. Rated: 2.5/5 • Oct 1, 2020. Abdul Karim arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the ...
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- Stephen Frears
- PG-13
- Judi Dench
The resulting book, Victoria and Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant, would take her four years to research and write, and would later be adapted into a movie. That movie ...
Sep 22, 2017 · The relationship between Queen Victoria and her handsome, young Indian attendant Abdul Karim was deemed so controversial and scandalous by her family members that, upon the monarch’s death in ...
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Sep 22, 2017 · It’s far better to simply let Dench loose across a worthy cinematic expanse, judging by her mostly silent yet resoundingly brilliant early moments in “Victoria & Abdul.”. This sturdy regal period piece provides a perfect opportunity to properly adore the 82-year-old legend as she revisits the role of Queen Victoria two decades after first ...
Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young prison clerk from British India, is instructed to travel to Britain for Queen Victoria's (Judi Dench) Golden Jubilee in 1887 to present her with a Mohur, a gold coin that has been minted as a token of appreciation from British-ruled India. Abdul is from a Muslim, Urdu-speaking family in India.
