Cooking with Stella
| Cooking with Stella | |
|---|---|
 Movie poster for Cooking with Stella. | |
| Directed by | Dilip Mehta |
| Written by | Deepa Mehta Dilip Mehta |
| Starring | Seema Biswas Lisa Ray Don McKellar Shriya Saran Maury Chaykin |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Canada [1] |
| Languages | English Hindi [1] |
Cooking with Stella is a film written by siblings Deepa Mehta and Dilip Mehta. The film is a light comedy about a Canadian diplomat (played by Lisa Ray) and her husband (Don McKellar) living in New Delhi, and their cook, Stella (Seema Biswas).[2][3] It also stars Shriya Saran.[4] Despite the film being a comedy, writer-director Dilip Mehta describes it as being "very issue-driven... an iron fist in a velvet glove."[3]
Cooking with Stella was shot on location in New Delhi,[4] and had entered post-production as of May 2008.[5] It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 16 September 2009.
References
- ^ a b Mongrel Media DVD, 2010.
- ^ Susan Walker, Filmmaker Dilip Mehta finds hope in telling widows' stories, thestar.com, 22 April 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
- ^ a b Roman Pawlyshyn, Powerful South Asian stories shine a light on dark places, thestar.com, 8 May 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
- ^ a b Shreya's new flick, Deccan Herald, 13 March 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
- ^ Devansh Patel, "My dream is to go international with B.R. Films" - Sanjay Bhutiani, bollywood hungama, 21 May 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
External links
- Cooking with Stella at IMDb
- Official Site
- Toronto International Film Festival premiere (16 September 2009)
- Seema Biswas to do a comedy for Deepa Mehta, 27 December 2007
- Shreya's learning experience with Deepa, 10 July 2008