The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

Farzana Dua Elahe: Mahira

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• Hassan : [after tasting]  Not enough cardamom.

  Mahira : Arrey, not enough gratitude.

• Mahira : Papa, it is a very sweet location and the building is fine, but there is a problem, which makes it impossible for us to open a restaurant there. There is already a restaurant.

  Mansur : Just across the street. 100 feet. We measured.

  Mahira : That is why the people moved back to Paris. They couldn't make it pay.

  Mansur : Papa, the restaurant across the street has a Michelin star, hmm?

  Papa : I know, I saw it. Twinkle, twinkle. So what?

• Mansur : Papa, it is the best restaurant for 50 miles in any direction. The President of France dines there.

  Papa : Is the President of France able to order murgh masala, with cashew nuts and cardamom? And ka saag aloo? Dal? Our secret family spices?

  Mahira : No, but they are a Michelin star restaurant, Papa.

  Mansur : They have frogs' legs, escargot, ratatouille.

  Papa : ls the President able to order tandoori goat, cooked the way Hassan cooks? Sprinkled with roast spices?

  Mansur : Papa, the restaurant doesn't serve those things, because the people here don't like to eat those things.

  Papa : Because they don't know. They have never tried. Now they shall.