Indo-British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha says her upcoming historical-drama Viceroy’s House” will be a great launch pad for Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi in the international film world.
The movie also stars English actor Hugh Bonneville as Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of British India, Gillian Anderson, Om Puri among others.
“Huma is a great actor . And with Viceroy’s House, she will get a great launch in global cinema. For the role, she had to ditch her Mumbaiya accent and get into the prim and proper British one,” Gurinder told reporters.