A true princess at heart

Her royal privileges were stripped after Independence, but as her granddaughters’ film on her life shows, Yadhuvansh Kumari of Patiala remained regal to the end

There’s nothing very small children enjoy as much as pretending to be their parents. It’s almost a toddler rite of passage, much as the teenage and twenties’ rite of passage is to be as different from the parents as possible.

Yadvi - The Dignified Princess is the true story of Princess Yadhuvansh Kumari, the daughter of Maharaja of Patiala

Jyoti Singh had spent her childhood with her grandmother Princess Yadvi in Dehradun and that made it easy for her to play the role

Actor Chandrachur Singh plays the role of Maharaja of Patiala and has even sung a song in the film