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This Article is From Jul 03, 2013

Helen Mirren's next film, an Indian restaurant drama

Helen Mirren's next film, an Indian restaurant drama
Production will begin on the film in September in France and India.
Mumbai: Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren has been cast in an upcoming Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey co-production, which revolves around an Indian family that opens an Indian restaurant in southern France.

Based on the bestselling book by Richard Morais, the DreamWorks Studios' drama is titled The Hundred-Foot Journey. It also features US actor Manish Dayal.

Penned by Steve Knight and directed by Lasse Hallstrom, the film will also be co-produced by Juliet Blake apart from Spielberg and Winfrey.

The movie surrounds around the story of an Indian family, which moves to southern France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant and a culinary battle ensues between the two that ultimately tests the power of family, loyalty and love.

Production will begin on the film in September in France and India, and it will be released in US theatres in August next year.

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