Contemporary actress Huma Qureshi has been cast for Gurinder Chadha's next project titled 'The Viceroy House'. Set in the 1940s, the film talks about Lord Mountbatten’s last few days of stay in India before the country got its independence, it also reportedly has a love story angled in it. Chadha had mentioned that she has bought the rights to Narinder Singh Sarla’s 'The Shadow Of The Great Game' and Larry Colins & Dominiue Lapierre’s 'Freedom At Midnight' for the film. 'The Viceroy House' will be shot in an extensive outdoor shoot schedule in India in locations like Jodhpur and other parts of Rajasthan.
