Mistress Of Spices
2005
Adapted from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the story revolves around a South Asian woman who runs a spice shop in San Francisco and cures people with her mysterious powders. When a lonely American wanders in, she falls in love but loses her magical touch. Read more
| Starring | Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher, Ayesha Dharker |
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| Director | Paul Mayeda Berges |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Mistress Of Spices
Adapted from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the story revolves around a South Asian woman who runs a spice shop in San Francisco and cures people with her mysterious powders. When a lonely American wanders in, she falls in love but loses her magical touch.
| Starring | Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher, Ayesha Dharker, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje |
|---|---|
| Director | Paul Mayeda Berges |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 36 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 14 Aug 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Indian immigrant Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) runs Spice Bazaar, a spice shop in Oakland, California. As well as supplying her... read more on Time Out
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41 out of 44 people found this review helpful
the disenchanted spices
I have to say, this is probably the worst movie Ive seen......atleast for a long time. The plot sounded great & mystical.....about a gifted indian girl who knows the magic of spices & knows remedies for most emotional ailments, about how she survives difficulties, ends up in san-fran, living a secluded life dedicated to the above, till she meets the handsome Dylan McDermott(of 'the practice' fame)& falls in love..only to realise that love will ruin every other thing she holds precious, & then its the test between the two. Now, with a plot like that, you can make a great movie,but no! what we see is a boring adaptation of an intelligent novel with aishwarya, aishwarya & more aishwarya. She is un-spontaneous, dreadfully stiff, she shows no animation when she talks to the spices....even the feeble attempt at humour by anupam kher is sadly lost. The begining is dull, then it just drags without ever capturing the essence of the tale & the end is,well... its incredibly stupid! in short, there is nothing to recommend this movie, i suggest you would get much more out of the book instead!
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Mistress of Spices
I thought this film would be in the same vein as Bend it like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice which were enjoyable. How wrong I was. This film was patronising to anyone who enjoys Indian food and Indians in general. Badly acted and even more badly directed. I gave up after struggling for 20 minutes.
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Adapted from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, the story revolves around a South Asian woman who runs a spice shop in San Francisco and cures people with her mysterious powders. When a lonely ... -