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Ali Fazal forms history’s most unlikely friendship with Judi Dench
While Indian actors are at last finding their prominent and well-deserved ground internationally, it’s Ali Fazal who just achieved quite a remarkable feat for himself. In the upcoming joint production of Focus Features and BBC Films, Victoria and Abdul, Ali Fazal has become the first Indian actor to be featured in a major Hollywood production in a titular role.
Now when the news of his casting happened in 2016, it made headlines all over, but now with the official debut of the global poster and trailer, which sees Ali right in the center of the trailer and sharing equal frames with a cinematic legend like Judi Dench, is a whole new leap for Indian actors internationally.
Check out the posters right here:
During the trailer launch, Ali said, “It was a surreal moment to bag this role and that too when I got selected for the film over some of my peers who were in consideration for the same role, especially those whom I look up to and whose work I admire. Shooting for this film was a milestone in the short career I have had so far. I did a small cameo in 3 Idiots and then came the bigger roles in Bollywood, I did Furious 7 with a cameo and now a lead in Victoria and Abdul is a sweet coincidence. Working with Judi, Stephen, Micheal Gambon, Eddie and such an amazing team was more than what I could have asked for”.
Check out the trailer right here:
Victoria and Abdul will release worldwide on September 22nd!
