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Victoria And Abdul is Ali Fazal's first ever Hollywood feature

In Victoria And Abdul, Abdul, Ali Fazal, is an Indian Muslim prison clerk picked out, on the strength of his height and Victoria's (Judi Dench) liking for tall men, to be sent to London in 1887 to present the queen with a gold Mughal coin as part of celebrations to mark her golden jubilee

The first trailer for Judi Dench and Ali Fazal's Victoria And Abdul was unveiled on Tuesday. The film is based on Queen Victoria, British Empire's longest reigning monarch, and her attendant from India, Abdul Karim

"Godmother and my new friend as I call her. Judi Dench, apart from the name and fame, is the most genuinely hilarious, sophisticated and loving person I have known. And I mean all of that together at once. That's something," Ali said in a statement

"I can't wait to take on Judi. She is the cherry on this wonderful pudding. The most loved woman of Britain and probably the world. It was a process of endless auditions and readings and conversations and today I am so glad that they grilled fully into it to a point of no return. I am ecstatic and I guess it hasn't really sunk in. So I will take a ...

British director Stephen Frears is looking to bring Lance Armstrong's story to the big screen, the Deadline entertainment blog reported.

Victoria And Abdul is Ali Fazal's first ever Hollywood feature

In Victoria And Abdul, Abdul, Ali Fazal, is an Indian Muslim prison clerk picked out, on the strength of his height and Victoria's (Judi Dench) liking for tall men, to be sent to London in 1887 to present the queen with a gold Mughal coin as part of celebrations to mark her golden jubilee

The first trailer for Judi Dench and Ali Fazal's Victoria And Abdul was unveiled on Tuesday. The film is based on Queen Victoria, British Empire's longest reigning monarch, and her attendant from India, Abdul Karim

"Godmother and my new friend as I call her. Judi Dench, apart from the name and fame, is the most genuinely hilarious, sophisticated and loving person I have known. And I mean all of that together at once. That's something," Ali said in a statement

"I can't wait to take on Judi. She is the cherry on this wonderful pudding. The most loved woman of Britain and probably the world. It was a process of endless auditions and readings and conversations and today I am so glad that they grilled fully into it to a point of no return. I am ecstatic and I guess it hasn't really sunk in. So I will take a ...

British director Stephen Frears is looking to bring Lance Armstrong's story to the big screen, the Deadline entertainment blog reported.