Film

The Mistress of Spices

2005 · 1h 32m · Drama · Romance · Fantasy

One spice for passion. And one woman who knows its name.

IMDb

5.5

Rotten Tomatoes

11%

Tilo is an Indian shopkeeper in America with an ability to see the future and a magical connection to powerful spices, which she uses to help her customers satisfy their various needs and desires. One day she falls in love with an American man. But the spices forbid it.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Tilo

Dylan McDermott

Doug

Nitin Ganatra

Haroun Rehman

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Kwesi

Caroline Chikezie

Myisha

Anupam Kher

Geeta's Grandfather

Shaheen Khan

Jagit's Mother

Sonny Gill

Jagjit

Nina Young

Doug's Mother

Toby Marlow

Young Doug

Padma Lakshmi

Geeta

Zohra Sehgal

First Mother (as Zohra Segal)

Paul Bhattacharjee

Satish - Geeta's dad

Ayesha Dharker

Hameeda - Haroun's neighbor

Rebecca Bowden

Bougainvillea Girl

• Paul Mayeda BergesDirector · Writer
• Gurinder ChadhaWriter
• Deepak NayarProducer
• Santosh SivanDirector of Photography
• Craig PruessOriginal Music Composer
• Alex RodríguezEditor

The Mistress of Spices - Trailer

Release date

September 11, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Drama, Romance, Fantasy

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