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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
246 Views


menu, pretty much.

Whoa, what is it?

What are you doing?

Hmm! Masala.

Masala is the soul

of indian food.

And food is the soul of india.

Smell it.

Of course you

can't really tell

until it's in the oil.

The masala is the symphony,

And the oil is the orchestra.

The greatest

chef in the world

taught me that.

Really, who?

My mother.

Come on,

come on! Move!

A man should have

three passions in his life.

His country,

his religion

and his cricket.

What about his wife?

Wife is not a passion.

Wife is an expense.

Oh, man.

Oh, there.

It was wonderful!

We're going to

tell everyone we know.

And she knows everyone.

Good night.

Thank you again.

Lovely!

Wonderful meal!

Good luck to you.

It's been a pleasure.

We'll see you again.

Okay, bye-bye.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Woman:
Oh! Lester,

what's gotten into you?

Delivery man not back yet.

Oh.

And we have backup.

Uh, backup? Well,

who goes usually?

It's never happened before.

Oh, man!

Oh, no!

You okay...

Oh, samir?

Hey, hi.

Hi. Yeah.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Well, what...

What are you

doing here?

Oh, we live here.

We live over

on 78th street.

And this is my

daughter, abigail.

Oh. Hi, abigail.

Well, what are you doing here?

I mean, shouldn't you

be off in paris making

terrines or something?

Yeah, no, I'm doing that.

Yeah, I just got

a little bit delayed.

Just had a family emergency.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

No, it's totally fine.

It's all good.

Oh, god!

Okay. Well, maybe

"fine" is not the word.

Mmm, this is really good.

Really?

Yeah, it's...

Where's this from?

Um, well, it's...

My family owns

a restaurant

On 74th street.

Tandoori palace.

That's why I'm helping

out making deliveries.

I know that place,

I used to go there

all the time

When I first moved

here from buffalo.

But I don't remember

it being this good.

Back then, all

I could afford was

the free papadam.

Um, we're going this way.

Oh, okay.

But...

Pumpkin,

look at your face.

It's all over you.

Do you mind?

I need to get

a wet nap for her.

Uh...

Please?

Okay, okay. All right.

Thanks.

Hi. Hi, pumpkin.

Thank you.

Hi.

All right.

Oh, gosh!

Uh, you know what?

I actually have a napkin.

I think

I can probably

take care of it.

There you go, there.

She has very good taste.

It's one of our most

favorite dishes.

Okay, I think she's clean.

Well, thank you.

Say, "thank you."

Thanks.

And, uh...

Okay, I'll see you.

See you.

See you around. Yeah.

Good to see you.

Hey.

Get together sometime

and get a bite to eat.

Yeah, sure.

But only because

we're neighbors.

Right.

And I'm off on wednesdays.

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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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