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'''''Tandoori Love''''' is a 2008 Swiss [[comedy film]] about the misadventures of an Indian cook named Raja in Switzerland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/tandoori-love-a-swiss-film-with-a-bollywood-twist/a-5650230|title=Tandoori Love: A Swiss film with a Bollywood twist – DW – 06/04/2010|website=dw.com|access-date=2023-10-11|archive-date=2021-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923000135/https://www.dw.com/en/tandoori-love-a-swiss-film-with-a-bollywood-twist/a-5650230|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088|title=You can't curry love|first=Thomas|last=Stephens|date=August 18, 2008|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=October 11, 2023|archive-date=April 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409200117/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088|url-status=live}}</ref> The film, directed by Oliver Paulus,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephens> |first=<Thomas |date=2008-08-18 |title=You can't curry love |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409200117/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
'''''Tandoori Love''''' is a 2008 Swiss [[comedy film]] about the misadventures of an Indian cook named Raja in Switzerland.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/tandoori-love-a-swiss-film-with-a-bollywood-twist/a-5650230|title=Tandoori Love: A Swiss film with a Bollywood twist – DW – 06/04/2010|website=dw.com|access-date=2023-10-11|archive-date=2021-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923000135/https://www.dw.com/en/tandoori-love-a-swiss-film-with-a-bollywood-twist/a-5650230|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088|title=You can't curry love|first=Thomas|last=Stephens|date=August 18, 2008|website=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=October 11, 2023|archive-date=April 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409200117/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088|url-status=live}}</ref> The film, directed by Oliver Paulus,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephens> |first=<Thomas |date=2008-08-18 |title=You can't curry love |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en |archive-date=2023-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409200117/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/you-can-t-curry-love/667088 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-01-16 |title=I’m a big fan of Bollywood: Oliver Paulus |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/i-m-a-big-fan-of-bollywood-oliver-paulus/story-Mb4CCMQWW3S14pFsXJtAWO.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083345/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/i-m-a-big-fan-of-bollywood-oliver-paulus/story-Mb4CCMQWW3S14pFsXJtAWO.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was called Switzerland's first "[[Hindi cinema|Bollywood]] film".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-08 |title=Bollywood version suisse, le 'oui' du public |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/bollywood-version-suisse--le--oui--du-public/185924 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=fr |archive-date=2023-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083343/https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/bollywood-version-suisse--le--oui--du-public/185924 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Raphaël |date=2012-08-12 |title=Tandoori Love |url=https://www.passioncinema.ch/tandoori-love/ |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Passion Cinéma |language=fr-FR |archive-date=2023-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083342/https://www.passioncinema.ch/tandoori-love/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It premiered at the 2008 [[International Film Festival of India|Goa film festival]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tandoori-Love-opens-Film-India-Worldwide-section |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/The-Sunday-Roundtable/tandoori-love-opens-film-india-worldwide-section/19071 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=oHeraldo |archive-date=2023-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083348/https://www.heraldgoa.in/The-Sunday-Roundtable/tandoori-love-opens-film-india-worldwide-section/19071 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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A critic from ''[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]'' wrote that "It makes for an awkward film, but it’s buoyed by an idiosyncratic outlook".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/tandoori-love-review/mgtyildu1|title=Tandoori Love Review|website=SBS What's On|access-date=2023-10-11|archive-date=2023-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083345/https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/tandoori-love-review/mgtyildu1|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''Internet Review'' wrote that the film was "A delightful and silly little fairy tale".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tandoori_love|title=Tandoori Love - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=2023-10-11|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101031147/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tandoori_love|url-status=live}}</ref> |
A critic from ''[[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]'' wrote that "It makes for an awkward film, but it’s buoyed by an idiosyncratic outlook".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/tandoori-love-review/mgtyildu1|title=Tandoori Love Review|website=SBS What's On|access-date=2023-10-11|archive-date=2023-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083345/https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/tandoori-love-review/mgtyildu1|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic from ''Internet Review'' wrote that the film was "A delightful and silly little fairy tale".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tandoori_love|title=Tandoori Love - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|access-date=2023-10-11|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101031147/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tandoori_love|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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A review in the [[Berliner Zeitung |
A review in the ''[[Berliner Zeitung]]'' found the premise promising but the plot weak and the mixing of cultural and acting peculiarities not harmonious in the whole.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-28 |title=Bollywood im Berner Oberland: "Tandoori Love" von Oliver Paulus: Schweinsbraten mit Curry |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/bollywood-im-berner-oberland-tandoori-love-von-oliver-paulus-schweinsbraten-mit-curry-li.900117 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=Berliner Zeitung |language=de |archive-date=2023-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011083348/https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/bollywood-im-berner-oberland-tandoori-love-von-oliver-paulus-schweinsbraten-mit-curry-li.900117 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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*[https://www.cineman.ch/movie/2008/TandooriLove/review.html Review at Cineman (in German)] |
*[https://www.cineman.ch/movie/2008/TandooriLove/review.html Review at Cineman (in German)] |
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Revision as of 12:04, 11 October 2023
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Directed by | Oliver Paulus |
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Produced by | Valerie Fischer |
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Cinematography | Daniela Knapp |
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Music by | Marcel Vaid |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | Swiss |
Tandoori Love is a 2008 Swiss comedy film about the misadventures of an Indian cook named Raja in Switzerland.[1][2] The film, directed by Oliver Paulus,[3][4] was called Switzerland's first "Bollywood film".[5][6] It premiered at the 2008 Goa film festival.[1][7]
Plot
In the Bernese Oberland, Sonja works as sommelier at "L'Auberge du Cerf", the restaurant owned by her boyfriend Martin. She meets Rajah, an Indian cook, with whom she falls in love. Rajah's cooking is soon integrated in the menu of the restaurant and receives immense success. But the original employer of the cook, Priya, a Mumbai actress, arrives and insists that Rajah is to go back with her to India.
Cast
- Lavinia Wilson as Sonja
- Vijay Raaz as Rajah
- Martin Schick as Markus
- Shweta Agarwal as Priya
- Tamal Ray Chowdhury as Kamaal Khan
- Max Rüdlinger as Gusti (as Max Ruedlinger)
- Peter Glauser as Stammtisch Stöff
- Rene Blum as Karli (as René Blum)
- Verena Zimmermann as Rosmarie Kübli
- Asif Basra as T.V. Kumar, the producer
- Aasif Sheikh as Superstar Ramesh
- Gilles Tschudi as Jules Renaud
- Ganesh Yadav as J.R., the director
- Asha Sachdev as Priya's Mother
- Johanna Bantzer as Anita
Reception
A critic from SBS wrote that "It makes for an awkward film, but it’s buoyed by an idiosyncratic outlook".[8] A critic from Internet Review wrote that the film was "A delightful and silly little fairy tale".[9]
A review in the Berliner Zeitung found the premise promising but the plot weak and the mixing of cultural and acting peculiarities not harmonious in the whole.[10]
References
- ^ a b "Tandoori Love: A Swiss film with a Bollywood twist – DW – 06/04/2010". dw.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Stephens, Thomas (August 18, 2008). "You can't curry love". SWI swissinfo.ch. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
- ^ Stephens>, <Thomas (2008-08-18). "You can't curry love". SWI swissinfo.ch. Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "I'm a big fan of Bollywood: Oliver Paulus". Hindustan Times. 2008-01-16. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Bollywood version suisse, le 'oui' du public". SWI swissinfo.ch (in French). 2008-12-08. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ Raphaël (2012-08-12). "Tandoori Love". Passion Cinéma (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Tandoori-Love-opens-Film-India-Worldwide-section". oHeraldo. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Tandoori Love Review". SBS What's On. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Tandoori Love - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Archived from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "Bollywood im Berner Oberland: "Tandoori Love" von Oliver Paulus: Schweinsbraten mit Curry". Berliner Zeitung (in German). 2010-05-28. Archived from the original on 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
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