In ”Ambassador`s Journal,” John Kenneth Galbraith`s account of his years as John F. Kennedy`s envoy to India, the author notes that in his private sitting room, prime minister Jawaharla… ...

“Viceroy’s House” is a bit like “Downton Abbey,” only set in Delhi, ... the last viceroy of India. Mountbatten’s mission was to hand the country back to its people in 1947.

Viceroy’s House, starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, and Michael Gambon, claims the Government wanted to carve up India to keep influence over the key port of Karachi in Pakistan and ...

In the movie “Viceroy’s House,” director Gurinder Chadha delivers a deeply personal story of the lives shattered as a result of the partition of India and Pakistan when British rule ended in ...

Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India, during the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. In this role, he was the chosen representative of King George VI, empowered to govern ...

Two and one-half stars. Unrated. 106 minutes. “Viceroy’s House” is a bit like “Downton Abbey,” only set in Delhi, against the backdrop of India’s independence from English colonial rule.

The result is “Viceroy’s House’” a historical drama set in the waning days of British rule in India, starring Hugh Bonneville as Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, and ...

In Gurinder Chadha’s (“Bend It Like Beckham”) latest historical drama, the titular “Viceroy’s House” is home to several people: The last Viceroy of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville, ...

"Viceroy's House" works mainly as a historical refresher on the 70th anniversary of Indian independence; as drama it's a reminder that truth is sometimes more affecting than fiction.

The haunting effect of partition is illuminated on the big screen in director Gurinder Chadha's Viceroy's House.. Set in 1947 as Britain ended its colonial rule of India and separated the country ...

“Viceroy’s House,” which largely succeeds in its attempt to present a comprehensive, yet efficient look at the 1947 partitioning of the British Indian Empire, proves a far more absorbing and ...