It stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith (in his final film role), and Adeel Akhtar. The film had its world premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival and …

Victoria & Abdul: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Tim Pigott-Smith, Eddie Izzard. Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul …

Sep 25, 2017 · That movie, Victoria and Abdul, starring Judi Dench as the Queen and Bollywood fixture Ali Fazal as Karim, opened in limited cities Sept. 22 and expands in the coming weeks. …

Sep 22, 2017 · Karim was the only servant to ascend to the queen’s inner circle since the death of her Scottish confidante John Brown, who helped fill a personal void in Victoria’s life after her …

Oct 4, 2017 · Karim (Ali Fazal) is so saintly that he comes across as two dimensional and boring. Was Queen Victoria aware of the racist attitudes in the palace regarding her relationship with …

The film, which stars Judi Dench as the monarch and Ali Fazal as her confidant, is based on a book written by historian Shrabani Basu of the same name.

Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986 [2]) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi and English films and series. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English film The Other End …

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's (Academy Award® winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a …

Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young prison clerk from British India, is instructed to travel to Britain for Queen Victoria's (Judi Dench) Golden Jubilee in 1887 to present her with a Mohur, a gold coin …

Sep 22, 2017 · Ali Fazal, the Bollywood star who plays Abdul Karim, is Muslim. He says the Islamophobia in this story is familiar. FAZAL: It kind of resonates with what's happening today. …