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]
Language	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. The film was also nominated at London Asian Film Festival under Best Crossover film category and Best actress for Seema Biswas.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mongrel Media DVD, 2010.
2. ^ Susan Walker, Filmmaker Dilip Mehta finds hope in telling widows' stories, thestar.com, 22 April 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
3. ^ ^{a b} Roman Pawlyshyn, Powerful South Asian stories shine a light on dark places, thestar.com, 8 May 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
4. ^ ^{a b} Shreya's new flick, Deccan Herald, 13 March 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
5. ^ Devansh Patel, "My dream is to go international with B.R. Films" - Sanjay Bhutiani, bollywood hungama, 21 May 2008. Retrieved on 23 July 2008.
6. ^ "LONDON ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS". Puneinternationfilmfestival.com. http://www.tonguesonfire.com/2011/awards.htm. Retrieved 09-10-2011. 

External links

• Cooking with Stella at the Internet Movie Database
• 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