Ali Fazal, Judi Dench get royally trained

Ali Fazal has been busy shooting for British filmmaker Stephen Frears’ directorial, Victoria and Abdul, for the past three months. He will be starring opposite the evergreen English actress and author, Dame Judi Dench.

Frears, it would seem is quite the perfectionist, and has gone as far as to appoint a special crewmember, Hugo Victor, to groom his leading duo for the period drama. Says a source close to the sets, “Since the film is set in the late 1800s and tells the story of Queen Victoria, the leading duo, Ali and Judi, needed to learn how to behave like royalty. Hugo Victor, who has been allotted this responsibility of training them, has experience serving the British royal family.”

The film is just a few weeks away from its completion and the actor has been busy shooting in London and Scotland. The team will shoot in India from November 11 in Delhi and Agra.