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Viceroy's House

Better to be close to power and watch than to agitate against it

Better to be close to power and watch than to agitate against it

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Better to be close to power and watch
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than to agitate against it.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:24
Uploaded
Jul 09, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
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Movie Summary

The final Viceroy of India, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville), is tasked with overseeing the transition of British India to independence, but meets with conflict as d...
How else will we step in when our time comes? - Viceroy's House 00:05
How else will we step in when our time comes?
Churchill called this the worst job in the world. - Viceroy's House 00:04
Churchill called this the worst job in the world.
Well, he's wrong. Burma was the worst job in the world. - Viceroy's House 00:04
Well, he's wrong. Burma was the worst job in the world.
You're giving a nation back to its people. How bad can it be? - Viceroy's House 00:04
You're giving a nation back to its people. How bad can ...
- What did he call him? - A half-naked fakir. - Viceroy's House 00:05
- What did he call him? - A half-naked fakir.
Yes, British Empire brought to its knees by a man in a loin cloth. - Viceroy's House 00:06
Yes, British Empire brought to its knees by a man in a loin ...
I must say, I think it's a little shabby, the way Whitehall's ousted you. - Viceroy's House 00:04
I must say, I think it's a little shabby, the way White...
- Sir? One photo, sir? - I was always Churchill's man - Viceroy's House 00:07
- Sir? One photo, sir? - I was always Churchill's man
I am to be the last Viceroy of India - Viceroy's House 00:06
I am to be the last Viceroy of India
I'd like to welcome the incoming Viceroy and his family. - Viceroy's House 00:07
I'd like to welcome the incoming Viceroy and his family...
I am sure that you will give them the same good service - Viceroy's House 00:09
I am sure that you will give them the same good service
My father was jailed for marching with Gandhiji. - Viceroy's House 00:05
My father was jailed for marching with Gandhiji.
My mother and I were not allowed to visit him, - Viceroy's House 00:07
My mother and I were not allowed to visit him,
He took letters, food, medicine for my father. - Viceroy's House 00:06
He took letters, food, medicine for my father.
- Stop making mischief. - This solves a mystery, Aalia. - Viceroy's House 00:04
- Stop making mischief. - This solves a mystery, Aalia.
I tried to solve it, but it's operation madhouse, if you ask me. - Viceroy's House 00:05
I tried to solve it, but it's operation madhouse, if yo...
300 million Hindus and Sikhs want a united India - Viceroy's House 00:08
300 million Hindus and Sikhs want a united India
The Muslim minority don't want to be part of India. - Viceroy's House 00:04
The Muslim minority don't want to be part of India.
There's such rancour between the leaders now, - Viceroy's House 00:07
There's such rancour between the leaders now,
Well, whatever their differences are, all Indians have one thing in common. - Viceroy's House 00:05
Well, whatever their differences are, all Indians have one t...