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Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
FeaturingJudi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Suzy Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon, Paul Higgins, Olivia Williams
Review snapshotI wouldn't say this is a memorable historical film, but it was interesting and entertaining enough to hold my attention. I researched the background a little bit, and I am not sure why they made some of their changes to how the unlikely friendship actually transpired. I assume it was to simplify the story.
And as it happens, It is surprising that the story has gotten told at all. Apparently extreme measures undertaken by the royals after to obliterate any record of the unlikely friendship after Queen Victoria's…
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