Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) arrives from India to participate in Queen Victoria's (Dame Judi Dench's) golden jubilee. The young clerk is surprised to find favor with the Queen. As Victoria questions ...

The play follows two separate narratives: Rani’s relationship with Hari The relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian servant Abdul Karim. Many of the characters and actions in the play ...

Gupta used the real relationship between Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim as inspiration for her play and to explore ideas about race, power and love. Explore Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim's ...

Abdul challenges Queen Victoria on the expansion of the British Empire and the pain and suffering this causes to those who are colonised. Abdul Karim is given as a gift to Queen Victoria for her ...

Abdul Karim suffered the cruelty of watching his letters from Queen Victoria being burned at Frogmore Cottage A poignant moment in history hangs over the home that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ...

Points must be awarded for audacity to Victoria & Abdul ... her unlikely friendship with a dashing young Indian servant, Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), who, though presented to her by courtiers as ...

Kilmer, known for his iconic roles in Top Gun, The Doors, and Batman Forever, had once commended Fazal's portrayal of Abdul Karim in the 2017 film Victoria and Abdul. Fazal, deeply moved by the ...