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
Wigmaker
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