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[[File:Victoria-Abdul ExpBro CMYK.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|A scene from <i>Victoria and Abdul</i>]]__NOTOC__
<i>Victoria and Abdul</i> is a 2017 movie set in the late Victorian period in 1887-1901. Abdul Karim was appointed as a household servant to Queen Victoria and he became a close friend and teacher (or <i>Munish</i>) to the queen, lasting until her death. The movie depicts this relationship and the various forms of racism and animosity encountered by Abdul as he navigated being a person of South Asian decent who rose to prominence in the household during the Victorian period.