The Mistress of Spices

The Mistress of Spices is a 2005 film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the novel Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Aishwarya Rai. The soundtrack was created by Craig Pruess, who also contributed to the Bend It Like Beckham soundtrack.

As a young girl, Tilo was initiated as one of several young Mistresses of Spices by the First Mother Zohra Sehgal, who warns the girls about certain rules they must follow, or face dire consequences. They are instructed never to leave their respective stores all around the world, physically touch the skin of the people they meet, or use the great and incomprehensible strength and power of the Spices to their own ends.Tilo ends up in the San Francisco Bay Area in a store called Spice Bazaar. Tilos customers include Haroun, a cab driver Nitin Ganatra, a grandfather Anupam Kher dealing with an Americanborn granddaughter Geeta Padma Lakshmi, Kwesi, a man trying to impress his girlfriend Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje and Jagjit, a teenager trying to fit in at school Sonny Gill Dulay. ........

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