Article: The Mistress Of Spices: Spice girl gone bland

NEW DELHI, India, April 29 -- The Mistress Of Spices

Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher, Ayesha Dharker

Direction: Paul Mayeda Berges

Rating: **

It comes with the Gurinder Chadha tag, and it's based on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's acclaimed novel. Expect The Mistress Of Spices to guarantee a certain minimum quality and you can't be blamed for it.

This time around Chadha isn't wielding the megaphone. She collaborates as screenplay writer with screenwriter hubby Paul Mayeda Berges, who makes his directorial debut. As a first-timer's attempt Mistress... doesn't disappoint, though in a competitive multiplex market where debutant filmmakers have come up with everything from Crash ...

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