Cooking with Stella

A quirky and rewarding comedy--a rare and welcome thing on the big screen.
- Matthew Hays, Montreal Mirror
Cooking with Stella is Canada's answer to Julie & Julia...[a] sweet, tender and satisfying meal of a movie.
- Omar Mouallem, Vue Weekly
there's much to savour in Cooking With Stella...a clever and cheerfully amoral comedy
- Jason Anderson, Eye Weekly

Synopsis

When Canadian diplomat Maya (Lisa Ray) and her stay-at-home husband, Michael (Don McKellar), are relocated to exotic New Dehli, they inherit a household of Indian servants ruled by the sweet and charming Stella (Seema Biswas). An out-of-work chef back home, Michael implores Stella to impart her culinary wisdom and help him spice up his own repertoire. After some initial resistance, she agrees to mentor the wide-eyed westerner. As the two prepare a mouthwatering array of colourful and sumptuous cuisines, an unlikely bond begins to form. But Stella isn't who she appears to be. In fact, she's secretly cooking up a few schemes of her own...

Theatrical Release Date

Friday, March 26, 2010
Original Languages: English/Hindi
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 103 min.
Year: 2009

Credits

CAST
Don McKellar
Lisa Ray
Seema Biswas
Vansh Bhardwaj
Shriya Saran
DIRECTED BY
Dilip Mehta

Trailer


PHOTOS

Left to Right: Maya Chopra (Lisa Ray), Zara (Alexiane Morin Dupras), Michael Laffont (Don McKellar) - All Photos by: Brigitte Bouillot
Director Dilip Mehta, photo credit - Photo by Varun Mehta
Maya Chopra (Lisa Ray) - All Photos by: Brigitte Bouillot
Stella (Seema Biswas), photo credit - Photo by Brigitte Bouillot
Left to Right: Michael Laffont (Don McKellar) and Stella (Seema Biswas), photo credit - Photo by Brigitte Bouillot
Stella (Seema Biswas), photo credit - Photo by Brigitte Bouillot
Stella (Seema Biswas) and Michael Laffont (Don McKellar), photo credit - Photo by Brigitte Bouillot
Tannu (Shriya Saran) - All Photos by: Brigitte Bouillot