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Overview

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5.4/10   1,826 votes
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Director:
Paul Mayeda Berges
Writers (WGA):
Gurinder Chadha (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
21 April 2006 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
One spice for passion. And one woman who knows its name.
Plot:
In India, Tilo has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Interesting concept, fresh fare more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Aishwarya Rai ... Tilo

Dylan McDermott ... Doug
Nitin Ganatra ... Haroun Rehman

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ... Kwesi
Caroline Chikezie ... Myisha
Anupam Kher ... Geeta's Grandfather
Shaheen Khan ... Jagit's Mother
Sonny Gill Dulay ... Jagjit

Nina Young ... Doug's Mother
Toby Marlow ... Young Doug

Padma Lakshmi ... Geeta
Zohra Sehgal ... First Mother (as Zohra Segal)
Paul Bhattacharjee ... Satish - Geeta's dad

Ayesha Dharker ... Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor
Rebecca Bowden ... Bougainvillea Girl
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violent images and sensuality
Runtime:
92 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Balle Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Gurinder Chadha and her mother made all the mango and carrot pickles seen at the spice store. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Tilo makes "paan" for Kwesi, she is shown putting some betel nuts and finally a cardamom in the paan. However, upon revelation, a clove is seen in the paan which was never there before. more
Movie Connections:
References Chocolat (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha more

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20 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting concept, fresh fare, 21 May 2006
6/10
Author: AishFan from Santa Clara, CA, US

A die-hard fan of Aishwarya, I must start out by saying that Aishwarya looks absolutely drop-dead gorgeous in the red sari. This is one of her most beautiful looks on screen ever. Mistress of Spices dishes up an interesting fare that deals with Aishwarya, a woman with an extraordinary gift that allows her to envision the problems others are going through and the ability to mix the right spices that will solve their problems. She does this by means of a Spice Bazaar store in San Francisco where customers seek her for help. It is quite interesting to see how she helps her diverse clientèle and loyal customers through the use of spices (which by the way seems very possible, as Indian herbal medicine argues that different spices have different chemicals that control our mind and body). However, being a "mistress of spices," Aishwarya is bound by certain rules, which she begins to find suppressing and enslaving once she begins to fall in love. What is interesting about this movie is that there is not much of a plot and mainly just a small store for sets. This film looks at the art of using spices to improve lives and delves into Aishwarya's internal conflict between love and duty, making this a very interesting and reinvigorating movie.

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