Original score to the 2017 motion picture composed by Thomas Newman. Victoria & Abdul is a British-American biographical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. It is based on the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria and her Indian servant Abdul Karim. The film stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith (in his last film role), and Adeel Akhtar.