"Daawat-e-Biryani (दावत ए बिर्यानी)"
Watched Hindi movie "Daawat-e-Biryani (दावत ए बिर्यानी)".
Directed by Aditi Roy. Produced by Zafar Khan. It stars Jayant Kriplani, Suhasini Mulay, Sauraseni Maitra, Chiranjit, Ananda S. Choudhuri. I watched this movie on Zee5 on 19th Jan 2022. The movie is 1 hour 25 min long and was released in 2019.
1960s Lucknow. Afreen and Ronojit fall in love. Ronojit gifts a book of recipes from Wajid Ali Shah's kitchen, which had been in their family, to Afreen. Family of Afreen is against marriage. They elope but the recipe book is lost in the melee. Present day. Their grand daughter Paanchali, goes back to Lucknow in search of the recipe.
Suhasini plays Afreen. Jayant, her anglified brother. Sauraseni plays young Panchali. They are the main characters. Others play supporting roles.
Story is straight forward. No action, no twists, little drama. Easy handling of story. Decent acting. Good music. Chupke chupke pyaar hota hai... is a dhun that you remember some time after the end of movie. A recipe that won't fail.
One wonders if it's possible that the peculiar taste is lost just because the written recipe is lost. Generally one remembers what one regularly cooks. The concept of the loss of recipe isn't palatable. No pun intended.
Sauraseni's makeup is not good. In some scenes she looks fair, in some dark, in some beautiful, in some average.
Positives: Easy handling. Lucknow.
Negatives: Idea that someone who has cooked the recipe many times can't cook it any more because written recipe is lost.
A feel good movie. Watch if you liked the review.
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