Cooking With Stella
Rating: ** 1/2
Lisa Ray and Don McKellar are Maya and Michael, a diplomat to the Canadian high commission in New Delhi and her chef husband.
They arrive at the official residence to find a tenured cook, an incomprehensible class system and a disapproving cook named Stella (Seema Biswas).
She’s annoyed that Michael stays home; she has a 30-year-old black market grocery business to run using commission food.
An honest nanny (Shriya Saran) arrives on the scene — and chaos ensues.
Dilip Mehta’s spirited, light-hearted outlook seems strangely out of synch with Stella’s relentless corruption, but he certainly shoots a beautiful film.
Audiences will crave Indian food afterwards.
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