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IFC Films, Indo-American Arts Council and the Om Puri Foundation
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are delighted to invite you to a special screening of |
Gurinder Chadha's |
VICEROY’S HOUSE |
Wednesday August 30th, 2017 at 7 pm
IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue @ West 3rd Street, NYC |
There will be a post-screening discussion with Writer-Director Gurinder Chadha, actor Manish Dayal, actor Samrat Chakrabarti and actor Tanveer Ghani, moderated by Aroon Shivdasani |
Note: If you rsvp for this film, you must stay for the post-screening discussion. |
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New nations are rarely born in peace… India, 1947: Lord Mountbatten (Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville) is dispatched, along with his wife Edwina (Gillian Anderson), to New Delhi to oversee the country’s transition from British rule to independence. Taking his place in the resplendent mansion known as the Viceroy’s House, Mountbatten arrives hopeful for a peaceful transference of power. But ending centuries of colonial rule in a country divided by deep religious and cultural differences proves no easy undertaking, setting off a seismic struggle that threatens to tear India apart. With sumptuous period detail, director Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) brings to life a pivotal historical moment that re-shaped the world. |
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal, Huma Qureshi, Michael Gambon, Om Puri, Tanveer Ghani, Samrat Chakrabarti. Music by A.R.Rahman. |
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