Daawat-E-Ishq: Food for love is spicy

Daawat-E-Ishq
Starring: Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra, Anupam Kher, Sumit Gaddi
Rated: 6.5/10
Love in the times of a culinary journey of discovery is somewhat new to Bollywood though Chini Kumwas the perfect way to launch these food genre movies in desiland.
In this one, the sassy and spicy Parineeti captivates you the same way as the Lucknawi and Hyderabadi food seduce you without any hope of saving calories. Staying in the bylanes of the old world Charminar area with her dazzlingly old father played to perfection by Anupam Kher, Gulroz aka Parineeti has a hangup for an American English speaking husband. All she gets are a string of losers high on dowry and low on esteem.
Director Habeeb Faizal, who enjoyed instant stardom through his high octane drama Ishaqzaade, impresses in this one too though you may be constrained to acknowledge that Parinidhi lends all the tadka to the proceedings alongside Mughlai chef Aditya Roy Kapur. The concoction, both on and off the table, are tasty and the chemistry of both food and love aptly matched.
More such movies on the shelf will help in not just enhancing the sensibilities of viewers who are starved of content, but also give the young generation of director and actors to have the courage to move away from tried and tested box office formulae. 
Source: Sunday Pioneer, 21 September, 2014 

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