Ali Fazal beats Dev Patel to become Judi Dench's Abdul

Ali Fazal and Dev Patel

Victoria & Abdul, Ali Fazal's debut Hollywood movie as a lead with Academy award winning actress Dame Judi Dench, is having its international premieres across globe. After these premieres of Victoria and Abdul, the movie is getting rave reviews for its story and performances and everyone are praising Ali for his achievement.

During the launch, he had mentioned that the team had gone through almost everyone from Bollywood to Hollywood to get the perfect face for the character of Abdul. Ali Fazal outshone not just our Bollywood but Hollywood actors as well. After a long list of actors who gave audition for this role, two names for the character of Abdul was finalized one of which was Ali Fazal and other was Dev Patel.

Dev was last seen in the movie Lion and was appreciated a lot for his performance. It is spectacular and nearly unbelievable to see our Bollywood actor Ali Fazal beats an English actor Dev Patel. We can now imagine what is in stores for us as the trailer was so capturing that we eagerly look forward to the release of the film in India.