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New Delhi, May 2 -- Film: "Mistress of Spices"; Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher, Padma Laxmi; Director: Paul Mayeda Berges; Ratings: *1/2
There is nothing much to write home about when it comes to "Mistress Of Spices". Paul Mayeda Berges' much hyped film leaves a bland taste in the mouth. It is like a good recipe badly cooked and clumsily served to a populace looking for an exotic and sumptuous meal.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel could have been translated into something as engrossing and intriguing as Lasse Hallstrom's "Chocolat" by sprinkling some imagination and creativity into it. However, both Berges and his wife Gurinder Chadha, who has co-scripted the film, fail to turn it...