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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


the next couple of weeks,

you know, take it easy.

Make sure you

monitor his blood

pressure regularly,

And above all, no stress.

You hear that, hakim?

No stress.

I'm not deaf, woman.

Please, madam, my cat

is stuck in your tree.

Excuse me, waiter?

Repeat after m.

Waiter!

Hello.

Yes, yes.

This is what you

serve to your customers?

This greasy slop?

Oh.

You should be

ashamed of yourselves.

Excuse me.

Stop eating, come on.

I've had high

blood-pressure.

I didn't want to

come to this place.

I can't believe

you brought me here.

Samir:
Hey, hey,

listen to me.

This is too greasy.

Okay? Look at this grease.

Look at that, okay?

It's too much.

The customers

are complaining.

Okay? Too much ghee.

Ghee. Ghee, there's

too much ghee. Too much.

I'm talking to you here.

And this. This is

a health violation,

all right?

This has to go in the trash.

Okay? It's disgusting.

Oh!

F***!

F***! Look at this.

F***?

Look at my shirt?

F***?

You f*** to me?

What?

I f*** to you.

What?

You f*** to me,

I f*** to you!

I f*** to you!

What? Where

are you going?

I finish.

I finish.

Where are you going?

What's he...

What are you doing?

Hey.

Hey, hey!

Come back. What the...

Don't speak to me!

Hey, hey, you can't quit.

Health violation...

This is your job!

Big sh*t, I am leaving.

What? Okay, come back.

That's over. Over!

Uh-uh, come finish.

Hey!

Great!

Just be a few more minutes.

Tikka masala, tikka masala.

Okay. Onions, garlic...

Okay, onions.

Um...

Onions... Ah!

Onions.

Okay, lamb, lamb, lamb.

Is this lamb or beef?

Yes?

No, what kind of meat is this?

Yes?

Thanks for your help.

Let's call it lamb, shall we?

Yes?

Thought so.

Okay. Garam masala.

Garam masala.

No.

Garam masala?

Garam masala?

Yeah. Okay.

Thank you, pierre.

Two saag paneer,

one palak paneer,

one chicken vindaloo.

Yeah, seven naan.

Seven, okay?

Yeah, it's tandoori palace,

7414 37th avenue. Yeah.

I know it's an

indian restaurant.

Just come to

the back. Yeah.

Okay, credit card is...

Oh! Oh, sh*t!

Have you any idea

how many taxi drivers

There are in new york

named akbar?

Okay, well,

He said he was an amazing cook

And he used to cook

for indira gandhi.

No, man, good luck to you.

Well, I guess

I'll just have

to go and beg

Munnamia to come

back and cook for us.

No wait!

No, no, no, no.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

Whoever he is,

we'll find him.

Whoever he is.

Wow!

Hey!

Um, thank you very much.

Look, this would not be

a permanent position

or anything like that.

Oh! That's perfectly

all right.

I've never had

a permanent

position in my life.

Oh.

Oh, that's quite

an accomplishment.

Okay, so it's a standard

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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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