Sandhu will star as the princess in the upcoming film Lioness, a UK\/India co-production which will also star Aditi Rao Hydari and will be written and directed by Kajri Babbar.<\/p>\n
It has been inspired by the research of historian Peter Bance, who wrote about the princess. As well as being Queen Victoria\u2019s goddaughter she was the Princess of Punjab and granddaughter of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and was a key leader in the UK\u2019s suffragette movement.<\/p>\n
The film will tell the story of two British Punjabi women living in the UK, with one being Sophia and the other being a fictional story about Mehak Kaur, an educated, married immigrant woman living in Southall in 1990.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>In a post on Instagram<\/a>, Sandhu said: \u201cI am so incredibly humbled and honoured to be announcing #Lioness.<\/p>\n \u201cTo say this part, this story, this cast & crew is a dream come true would be doing it a disservice \u2013 I am so blown away by this incredible story and cannot wait for the world to learn about Princess Sophia Duleep Singh.\u201d<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n She continued: \u201cGranddaughter of the Lion of Punjab, youngest daughter of the deposed Maharajah Duleep Singh and goddaughter to Queen Victoria, her life, the people she helped and her work as a suffragette is truly amazing.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I am SO delighted to be working with the amazing @aditiraohydari and @kajribabbar. Oh go on, I am going to say it! It is a dream come true!\u201d<\/p> Sandhu previously explained that she doesn\u2019t plan on returning to Emmerdale as Meena, saying that \u201cit won\u2019t be a possibility\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cI\u2019ve loved playing her and I\u2019ve loved working at Emmerdale, but I feel like the story came to an end. I mean, we did do everything, didn\u2019t we? We went for it! I feel like to come back would be over-egging the story.\u201d<\/p>\n Visit our\u00a0Film<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news and features, or find something to watch tonight with our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Sandhu will be starring in the upcoming film Lioness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33132,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/emmerdale-star-paige-sandhu-lands-major-role-after-meena-downfall-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Sandhu will be starring in the upcoming film Lioness.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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