Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 15 nominations total
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- TriviaWhen filming began in September 2016, Judi Dench was one month older than Queen Victoria was when she died.
- GoofsAt least twice, Abdul refers to his home province as "Uttar Pradesh". That name was coined in 1950. At the time depicted in the movie, the area was called "United Provinces".
- Quotes
Abdul Karim: Listen, little drop, give yourself up without regret and in return you will gain the ocean. Give yourself away and in the great sea you will be secure.
- Crazy creditsBegins with text that says it is "Based on real events... mostly".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Today Australia: Episode dated 31 May 2017 (2017)
Featured review
2/4/18. What a beautiful and true story of a very unlikely friendship that crosses many cultural borders at the time. Of course, today, this would be just as unlikely as it was then, but it is a true wonder that this story was ever told at all. Does not paint a good picture of Queen Victoria's children who mistreated the aging queen with such disrespect and Abdul with such racist disdain. The true story of what Victoria's children did, expunge any trace of the friendship Victoria had with Abdul, is a cautionary tale of how adult children should not treat their aging parents. It's called parental abuse. Today such a friendship would be fodder for the tabloids, but at least it would have been told. Well done and worth seeing.
- bettycjung
- Feb 4, 2018
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- Victoria and Abdul
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- Budget
- $21,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,245,070
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $158,845
- Sep 24, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $66,558,465
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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