--- title: 'Swords and Sceptres (2018)' type: 'film' director: 'Swati Bhise' released: '2018-01-01' certification: 'R' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/swords-and-sceptres-2018' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6916348/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Swords and Sceptres (2018) 2018 · R · United Kingdom ## Synopsis The Warrior Queen of Jhansi is a 2019 British period drama film on the 1857 Indian Rebellion against the British East India Company. The film was co-written, produced and directed by Swati Bhise, with Charles Salmon as co-producer. The film was originally titled Swords and Sceptres: The Rani of Jhansi. Devika Bhise, who also co-wrote the script, plays the lead role of Rani Lakshmibai. In November 2017, Rupert Everett and Derek Jacobi joined the cast. Principal photography was completed in December 2017. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Devika Bhise](https://cinepixo.com/people/devika-bhise), [Swati Bhise](https://cinepixo.com/people/swati-bhise) - **Director:** [Swati Bhise](https://cinepixo.com/people/swati-bhise) ## Cast - [Rupert Everett](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-everett) as Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn - [Jodhi May](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodhi-may) as Victoria - [Devika Bhise](https://cinepixo.com/people/devika-bhise) as Rani Lakshmibai - [Nathaniel Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathaniel-parker) as Sir Robert Hamilton, 6th Baronet - [Auroshikha Dey](https://cinepixo.com/people/auroshikha-dey) as Jhalkaribai - [Yatin Karyekar](https://cinepixo.com/people/yatin-karyekar) as Moropant - [Milind Gunaji](https://cinepixo.com/people/milind-gunaji) as Gangadhara Rao - [Ben Lamb](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lamb) as Major Robert Ellis - [Derek Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/derek-jacobi) as Lord Palmerston - [Arif Zakaria](https://cinepixo.com/people/arif-zakaria) as Gaus Khan - [Ajinkya Deo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ajinkya-deo) as Tatya Tope - [Nagesh Bhonsle](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagesh-bhonsle) as Bakshish Ali ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/swords-and-sceptres-2018 Film facts: Wikidata (Q47502500); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.