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21 April 2006 (UK)
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One spice for passion. And one woman who knows its name.
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In India, Tilo has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she...
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Happy Birthday Aishwarya
(From BollywoodBuzz. 1 November 2009, 1:23 AM, PST)
Kareena says No to Gurinder Chadha again
(From BollywoodHungama. 7 August 2009, 6:20 AM, PDT)
(From BollywoodBuzz. 1 November 2009, 1:23 AM, PST)
Kareena says No to Gurinder Chadha again
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Missed With Awful Spices
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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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Rated PG-13 for some violent images and sensuality
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92 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Ireland:12A |
UK:12A |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:M |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Malaysia:U |
USA:PG-13 |
Argentina:Atp |
Italy:T |
Finland:K-11
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The motorcycle used in the film is a 2004 790cc Triumph (Hinckley) Bonneville.
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Continuity: During the scene when Doug tells Tilo about his relationship to his mother, the glass of lemon soda that she gives him is full, then when he sets it down it's empty. Then he raises it again to his mouth, and it's full again.
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Referenced in The Contractor (2007) (V)
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Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha
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When the chillies in a spice shop get more on screen attention than the leading man in a romance, you've got yourself big, big problems. Here are just a few: She's not allowed to touch a human... SHE'S RUBBING HER COUSIN'S HAND 5 MINUTES IN! Does every Indian now living in San Francisco have a history blighted by parricide!? When a film relies on over 50% of it's dialogue through the source of spoken thought it is corrupt of imagination.
On a more general note: Mistress of the Spices is a poor story poorly told. It's cliché ridden; the dialogue is shocking; the acting is unconvincing and the directing woefully one dimensional. Aishwarya Rai does indeed have stunning eyes - but does the camera really need to give us close-ups of them every 4 minutes!? There is nothing to recommend this febrile nonsense. It is patronising to both the Sub-Continent and the West and, as a metaphor, is as involving as if she'd have ran a DIY store. Actually...
If you're a fan of film and want to see how to get everything wrong - watch this. If you think time is too precious, have a curry instead - it's infinitely more authentic and satisfying.