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The Mistress of Spices

Year:

2006

Duration:

92 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.5

Director:

Paul Mayeda Berges

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2006-04-21

Filming Locations: Baker's Beach, Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: £85,563 (UK) (23 April 2006)

Gross: £247,931 (UK) (21 May 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Anupam Kher

Padma Lakshmi

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Tilo (as Aishwarya Rai)

Dylan McDermott

Doug

Nitin Ganatra

Haroun Rehman

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Kwesi

Caroline Chikezie

Myisha

Shaheen Khan

Jagit's Mother

Sonny Gill Dulay

Jagjit

Nina Young

Doug's Mother

Toby Marlow

Young Doug

Zohra Segal

First Mother

Paul Bhattacharjee

Satish - Geeta's dad

Ayesha Dharker

Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor

Rebecca Bowden

Bougainvillea Girl

Harvey Virdi

Geeta's Mother

Cosima Shaw

Doug's Ex-Girlfriend

Anthony Zaki

Doctor

Bansaree Madhani

Young Tilo (as Bansree Madhani)

Cabran E. Chamberlain

Japanese Tea Garden Customer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Gurinder Chadha and her mother made all the mango and carrot pickles seen at the spice store.

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The motorcycle used in the film is a 2004 790cc Triumph (Hinckley) Bonneville.

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Director Paul Mayeda Berges cast Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the role of Tilo while she was working on Bride & Prejudice (2004). He gave her the script to read and was interested in the part of Tilo, and so Paul cast her.

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Goofs

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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Towards the end, Doug hits red chili peppers with his shoulder. The chili start turning. In the next shot they are still, and in the following one they are swinging.

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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.

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Quotes

Tilo: Monday is the day of silence, day of the whole white mung bean, which is sacred to the moon.

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Tilo: I closed my eyes and willed my breath to slow, my conscious mind to fold itself inward. I could feel heat pulsing from my daughter's head, her frantic thoughts whirling like broken glass. I loosened my hold on my body and dropped into that whirlpool.

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Tilo: Each day has a color, a smell.

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