The Mistress of Spices

The Mistress of Spices
The Mistress of Spices
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Mayeda Berges
Screenplay by	Gurinder Chadha; Paul Mayeda Berges;
Based on	Mistress of Spices; by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Produced by	Deepak Nayar; Gurinder Chadha;
Starring	Aishwarya Rai; Dylan McDermott;
Cinematography	Santosh Sivan
Edited by	Alex Rodríguez
Music by	Craig Pruess
Production; companies	Balle Pictures; Capitol Films; Ingenious Film Partners; Isle of Man Film; Spices Productions Ltd.
Distributed by	Rainbow Films U.S.A. (United States); Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release date	21 April 2005;
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	United States; United Kingdom; India
Languages	English; Hindi
Box office	$1,337,846

The Mistress of Spices is a 2005 American romantic drama film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the 1997 novel Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott. The soundtrack was created by Craig Pruess, who also contributed to the Bend It Like Beckham soundtrack.