
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the home of British rulers, whilst 500 Hindu, Muslim and Sikh servants lived downstairs.
Cast

Hugh Bonneville
Lord Mountbatten

Gillian Anderson
Edwina Mountbatten

Michael Gambon
General Hastings Ismay

Manish Dayal
Jeet

Huma Qureshi
Aalia

David Hayman
Ewart

Simon Callow
Cyril Radcliffe

Om Puri
Ali Rahim Noor

Lily Travers
Lady Pamela Hicks

Simon Williams
Archie Wavell

Arunoday Singh
Asif

Sarah-Jane Dias
Sameera

Lucy Fleming
Lady Wavell

Marcus Jean Pirae
Alan Campbell Johnson

Samrat Chakrabarti
Mohsin

Terence Harvey
Sir Fred Burrows

Roberta Taylor
Miss Reading

Neeraj Kabi
Mahatma Gandhi

Denzil Smith
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Darshan Jariwala
Guptaji

Raj Zutshi
Unknown
Jaz Deol
Duleep

Robin Soans
Governor Jenkins

Tanveer Ghani
Jawaharlal Nehru
Trishaan
Farrukh
Hriiday Malhotra
Sanjit
Noah Zeiler
Henry Grady

Nicholas Blane
Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe

Mahatma Gandhi
Self (archive footage)

Jawaharlal Nehru
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edwina Mountbatten
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Louis Mountbatten
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew

Gurinder Chadha
Director, Writer, Producer
Paul Mayeda Berges
Writer, Producer

Moira Buffini
Writer

Victoria Boydell
Editor
Valerio Bonelli
Editor

Ben Smithard
Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
Cameron McCracken
Executive Producer
Tim O'Shea
Executive Producer

Christine Langan
Executive Producer
Shibashish Sarkar
Executive Producer

Natascha Wharton
Executive Producer

Deepak Nayar
Producer
Sean Wheelan
Co-Producer

Pravesh Sahni
Co-Producer

Simon Perry
Co-Producer
Paul Ritchie
Co-Producer
Laurence Dorman
Production Design
Rafael Sahade
Steadicam Operator
Trishaan
Casting Associate
Shubham Gaur
Casting Associate

Seher Aly Latif
Casting
Michelle Guish
Casting
Riyaz Ali Merchant
Assistant Costume Designer

Susie Lewis
Costume Supervisor

Keith Madden
Costume Design
Luize Joyce Margaret
Key Hair Stylist
Lisa Isles
Hairstylist
Jacqueline Fowler
Makeup Designer, Makeup Department Head
Kamlesh U. Shinde
Key Makeup Artist

Glenn Freemantle
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor
Mark Heslop
Sound Effects Editor
Eilam Hoffman
Sound Effects Designer
Mike Dowson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Johnathan Rush
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glen Gathard
Foley Supervisor, Foley

Peter Burgis
Foley Artist
Lilly Blazewicz
Foley Editor
Mathias Schuster
Foley Editor
Peter Hanson
Foley Editor

Paula Boram
Foley

Meltem Baytok
Foley
Ishbel Beeson
ADR & Dubbing

Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer
Malin Leuchovius
Visual Effects Producer
Erica Winkler
Visual Effects Producer
Freya Wheelan
Visual Effects Coordinator

A.R. Rahman
Original Music Composer
Jen Moss
Music Supervisor
Christoph Bauschinger
Music Editor
Nina Hartstone
Dialogue Editor
Jens Rosenlund Petersen
Dialogue Editor
Naidita Singh
Set Decoration
Seema Kashyap
Set Decoration
San Davey
Script Supervisor
Ivan Lindfors
Digital Compositors
Denis Reva
Digital Compositors
Chris Georgas
Gaffer
Ramesh Sadrani
Gaffer
Gareth Spensley
Digital Intermediate

Matt Curtis
Title Designer
Mat Bergel
Art Direction
Ravi Srivastava
Art Direction
Ray Marston
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