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Synopsis: Samir is a sous chef in Manhattan. He quits when he's not promoted - his boss says his cooking lacks soul. He decides to find an unpaid internship in Paris, but his father suffers a heart attack keeping him home for a few weeks. Samir must run the family's failing Indian restaurant in Queens. He can't cook Indian food, so things get dire when the chef quits: Samir tracks down Akbar, a cabbie who claims to have cooked for British royalty in Bombay. Akbar cooks with mind, heart, and gut - and offers philosophy as well. With the help of Carrie, whom he met at the Manhattan restaurant, Samir begins to enjoy the work. But will his father approve, and if not, what then?
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): David Kaplan
Production: Inimitable Pictures
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2009
99 min
$317,831
Website
244 Views


it more than me.

I need directions

to the discotheque.

Stanton:
You know,

you don't have to

actually go to paris,

No, no. No, no, no, no.

No, you don't understand.

This was me telling myself

what I already knew,

But I didn't know yet.

Right.

Samir:
Look,

I go to paris,

I stage with the great ones.

Renaud, verge,

robuchon, troisgros.

Whoever will take me in.

But you know what?

When I get back,

Doors are gonna fly open for me

That I didn't even know existed.

Stanton:
Have you told

your folks yet?

I've been waiting.

For what?

The last minute.

Shoes.

Samir. Oh!

Mmm, mmm, mmm!

Aw!

Hi, mom.

So...

So?

What happened with

that girl, henna?

How did it go, beta?

Mmm...

Oh, samir.

Why am I breaking my head?

I don't know, ma.

Beta, how will I answer god,

If you're still

without a family

when I'm gone?

Mom, listen.

Okay, all right.

I need to talk...

Never mind. Chalo.

There's more than

just fish in the sea.

Come on.

What about her?

Ma, I don't think

that would work.

Why not?

What's wrong with her?

I just don't like architects.

Oh, beta.

You're too old

to be this picky.

Ma. I have some news.

Where is shereen

from connecticut?

I know I bookmarked her.

Okay, ma, listen.

Um, I need to talk

to you, okay?

She used to be a waitress,

working in a restaurant,

just like you.

I'm not a...

I'm not a waitress

working in...

Okay, look.

I just e-mailed

this to you.

Now, you make sure

that you call her

when you get home.

Where's dad?

Is he at the restaurant?

Yes, yes.

Rasool is delivering

the meat this morning,

So, of course,

your father has to go

Down there to be

cheated in person.

Beta.

You'll end up with a widow.

Samir.

Oh, hello, uncles.

A table for one, sir?

Oh, no, I'm fine.

Hey, man, I was just

thinking about him

And here come the manhattan son.

Patel:
Hey, did you read?

We beat the bloody brits

in the second test.

Oh, you know, I don't

follow cricket, uncle.

You see? This is

the bloody problem

with our children.

No culture.

Cricket is culture.

Yeah.

Cricket is the gentleman game.

Exactly.

You have to wear a sweater.

I'm gonna go find my dad.

Oh!

Ow!

You really shouldn't

put that there.

Rasool:
Khuda hafiz,

hakim-bhai.

Hakim:
Ah, thank you,

rasool-bhai.

Khuda hafiz.

Bloody bastard crook.

Look at this bullshit.

Dad.

Hakim:
Samir?

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Everything is great.

Okay.

I just wanted to

let you know that

Even though the reason

that I actually came...

New clothes? Hmm?

No.

Maaf karna, I'm sorry, boss.

"maaf karna,

sorry, boss."

Huh!

Hello?

I told you I sent it

on Thursday.

What you mean it bounced?

Wait, wait, wait.

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Aasif Mandvi

Aasif Hakim Mandviwala (born March 5, 1966), known professionally as Aasif Mandvi (, AH-sif MAHND-vee), is a British-American actor and comedian. He began appearing as an occasional contributing correspondent on The Daily Show on August 9, 2006. On March 12, 2007, he was promoted to a regular correspondent. He is the lead actor, co-writer and producer of the web series Halal in the Family, which premiered on Funny or Die in 2015, and an actor, writer and co-producer of the HBO comedy series The Brink. Mandvi is also the author of the book No Land's Man. more…

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