"Victoria and Abdul" is a British-American biographical drama film directed by Stephen Frears. Dench plays the role of Queen Victoria who forms an unconventional alliance with an Indian servant, Abdul, played by Fazal.
"She was a little heartbroken that she couldn't come to India... I really hope we can make her come. She is really gunning for it, we all are. We also have a busy schedule ahead so we don't know what's going to happen in the next few months," Ali told reporters.
Dench is best know for playing 'M' in several James Bond films apart from her critically acclaimed performances in movies like "Shakespeare in Love", "Mrs Brown", "Notes on a Scandal" and "Philomena".
Asked what was her perception about Bollywood films, Ali said, "Unfortunately (song and dance). We hate that. I told her, that's not Bollywood. We are much more than that.
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"But she has been part of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' film and had shot extensively in Rajasthan. She has been to India, she loves India. We spoke a lot about India, food and of course Bollywood."
"We have a far better accent than that. That's not an Indian accent and everybody understood. I was very adamant about certain words that the western culture doesn't understand. These are the words and names you can't pronounce any other way. If you have a point, people listen."
Written by Lee Hall, "Victoria and Abdul" is based on the book of same name by Shrabani Basu. The film also starring Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith and Adeel Akhtar, is scheduled to release on September 22.
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