Parvati Magazine October 2014- Equilibrium | Page 21

FILM
This cinematic dish brings
together Bollywood’s Om
Puri and Hollywood’s Helen Mirren as equally determined rivals for the
tastebuds of the French
village Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, where Mirren’s
Madame Mallory runs a
haute cuisine restaurant,
and where Puri’s Papa
moves his family and
opens an Indian restaurant after fleeing violence
in his home country and
feeling dissatisfied with
the produce elsewhere in
Europe. Papa’s son Hassan (Manish Dayal) has a
particular gift for cooking,
and soon teaches himself
French cuisine even as
he continues to prepare
Indian food in the family
restaurant.
The challenge? The two
restaurants are situa FV@