The Mistress of Spices

A die-hard fan of Aishwarya, I must start out by saying that Aishwarya looks absolutely drop-dead gorgeous in the red sari. This is one of her most beautiful looks on screen ever. Mistress of Spices dishes up an interesting fare... Read more at imdb.com

In India, Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) has the ability of foreseeing the future. When their parents are killed by bandits, she is kidnapped but escapes and is raised by the First Mother (Zohra Segal) in a sort of traditional cult of... Read more at imdb.com

Paul Mayeda Berges, known for his collaboration with his wife, Gurinder Chadha, on the films: Bend it like Beckham, and Bride and Prejudice, takes a role in the director's chair, in the book-to-movie adaptation: Mistress of Spices.Raised as a mistress... Read more at imdb.com

It's difficult for any one who has a good appreciation for culinary art not to be attracted to this spicy shop, spacious, tastefully appointed, with thousands of colourful spices displayed in so many different interesting fashions. A sheer joy for... Read more at imdb.com

I had almost decided not to watch this movie, what with all the people word-bashing its senselessness. But go I did... fortunately.Yes, it's not great cinema... of great courage, making you cry... making you angry. But it is good cinema...... Read more at imdb.com

I also saw this at the Toronto Inter. Film Festival last week. There were three screenings of the movie, each sold out as far as I know. Although Toronto has a very large Indian population, Indians were a small percentage... Read more at imdb.com

I don't know what to say about this film. I went into it with zero expectations, apart from Aishwarya Rai to look stunning. So I was sort of pleasantly surprised. Make no mistake though, it is a poor film.Ill keep... Read more at imdb.com

I saw this film at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival.Mistress of Spices is based on the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and is the directorial debut for Paul Mayeda Berges. Berges has worked previously with his wife, Gurinder Chadha,... Read more at imdb.com

My summary is from my favourite line in the film, when Doug pesters Tilo for the name of his spice and she refuses to tell him because it contradicts with her feelings for him. So, Doug asks her again when... Read more at imdb.com

All the prickly hate surrounding this film is perplexing. Aishwarya Rai fills the chapals of Tilo perfectly and Dylan McDermott is ravishing as Doug. The chemistry between Rai and McDermott is palpable. The source material for the film is pretty... Read more at imdb.com

The Mistress Of Spices sits very nicely in our body of work,' adds Chadha, who co-wrote and produced the film. The Mistress Of Spices, Berges's directorial debut, adapted from the book by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, is, they say, 'an immigrant's tale about keeping the magic alive'. ... Full Review

But only slightly less excruciating is a bad movie that thinks it's adorable. ... Full Review

Having opened to awful 'spiceless' reviews in the UK, the movie has bombed badly at the box-office there and it is easy to see why. There are little or no redeeming features in this painfully slow moving film, not one memorable scene or moment. ... Full Review

But The Mistress of Spices falters, and falters terribly at that. The Mistress of Spices looks at the conflicts faced by Tilo [Aishwarya Rai], a beautiful young woman trained in the ancient and magical art of spices. Ayesha Dharker is wasted. ... Full Review

Gurinder Chadha and her co-writer and now director of their first joint venture, Paul Mayeda Berges, have made memorable films that have been based on the conflicts and drama in the lives of Asian subcontinent people living in foreign countries,... ... Full Article

This eagerly awaited Ash starrer directed by Paul Meyeda Bergeshas a unique premise indeed, and one can visualize the promise that the storyline offers its ethereally beautiful and expressive lead actor. The Mistress of Spices is an enchanting and sensual ... Full Article