“Whatever you do, you must not look at Her Majesty,” Abdul Karim, who travels all the way to England from colonised India, is told to do when he meets Queen Victoria.
According to BBC, Abdul Karim arrived in England from Agra when he was just 24. He was given to Queen Victoria as a ‘gift from India’ where Karim was invited to present a ceremonial coin to Queen as part of Queen Victoria's golden jubilee celebrations in 1887.
Abdul, who had been advised against looking at her majesty, goes on to make eye contact and one of the most unlikely friendships between a monarch and a pheasant is born.
This unusual true story is the basis of Stephen Frears’ new film about this alliance between Victoria and Abdul Karim.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
The trailer of the film, ‘Victoria and Abdul’ is out.
Based on the book of same name by Shrabani Basu, Victoria and Abdul stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal and Adeel Akhtar and is slated for release on September 22, 2017.
The trailer show how friendship between the two blooms and how this young Indian man goes on to become a powerful figure in court and becomes the queen's teacher - or munshi - and teaches her to write in Urdu and tutors her on Indian affairs.
Source: Wikipedia
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