Synopsis
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Key crew
- Carl HindmarchDirector
- Mark HayhurstWriter
Cast
- James WilbyLord Mountbatten
- Saskia ReevesLady Mountbatten
- Julian WadhamEvan Jenkins
- Roshan SethJawarharlal Nehru
- Allan CordunerLord Ismay
- Surendra RajanMuhatma Gandhi
- Rajat KapoorMuhammed Ali Jinnah
- Vinod NagpalTara Singh
Themes
india