Tarla

A biopic on Tarla Dalal and her journey from a housewife to super Chef.

The movie talks about her journey focusing on her attempt at publishing her first book and then doing first Cooking TV show. It also shows how she teaches students to cook and do well in life. I think before that some time should have been spent in establishing that she is indeed a very good cook. Pobably spending some time to emphasise that should have helped in building up a story and then show initiation into cooking classes, book & shows.

The movie is elevated by superb performance from the lead cast of Huma and Sharib. They have good chemistry and the performance is natural, sincere and endearing.

Tarla Dalal. She was a unique woman. The only Padmashree recipient so far from the field of cooking. The day I found out that a biopic based on her life was being made, I started looking forward to it. It's a lovely movie.

The story and screenplay keep the movie at a certain pace. It never gets sluggish. The songs either take the story forward or enhance the mood introduced in the preceding scenes. Huma Qureshi and Sharib Hashmi have portrayed their roles sincerely. Huma is building a good body of work. Sharib is a gem. There's good chemistry between the lead pair too.

The film is more about Tarla's relationship with her husband and her constant struggle with her roles as a wife, mother and caretaker. I would have loved to see more about how she developed the recipes or how she learnt new ones.

The film scores well also on the time travel aspect. The costumes and surroundings give you the feel of the 70s and 80s. The makers may have missed a few gaps, like they've shown a Kinetic Honda in what may be late 60s or early 70s.

What would viewers want to see in a story about an ordinary homemaker who became a celebrity chef?

Firstly, how did she do it?

Next, why her books and show were a big success?

This film is more about her relationship with her husband and the struggles between her different roles as homemaker, mother and wife. Her place as a pioneer Indian cook book author and TV chef is not even highlighted.

The movie gets elevated by the wonderful performances of the lead actors. Huma Qureshi plays her role very well. Sharib Hashmi is a master performer and plays his part with ease.

Music by Suhit Abhayankar, Nilotpal Bora and Rohan Vinayak, with an added performance from Rekha Bharadwaj, is soulful and melodic.

Notes to the film-makers

• Both, Tarla Dalal and Huma Qureshi are beautiful. Then why give a set of false teeth to Huma?

• Food presentation? Where is it? Kindly stop payment to the food stylist or at least ask for a refund.

There's not much in the movie about Tarla Dalal that we already didn't know. But we get to know a lot about her supportive husband. At times one wonders whether it's his biopic.

Anwar Says: In an era of biopics on Sportspersons only, an effort to present biopic on a home made chef is definitely commendable. It's a feel good cinema but with a bland taste. You always look for some spices and unable to get till end. The magnitude of Tarla's achievements, which made her a household name is shown in a subdued manner.

Huma Qureshi was a perfect choice to play the lead but even she couldn't come up with the feminist angle of Tarla. The most loved one is Sharib Hashmi, the husband , ever supporting and a person, every wife dream of. But Tarla facing social problems, sometimes look superficial.

Music of Abhayankar, Bora and Vinayak is soulful and melodic. Heard that Hansal Mehta is making a biopic on Sanjeev Kapur and I am sure he would overcome the shortcomings seen in Tarla.

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Sameer lodaya.

The movie is highly misrepresentation as a biopic of legend TARLA DALAL.

I don't know how Mrs Dalal allowed to do a biopic where her art cooking is missing the movie emphasised more on her family and her relation with her husband at a time it was feeling whether it's her husband's biopic..the struggle she overcame to become such a big chef for what she was rewarded with padmashree was totally missing

The characterisation was very wrong as Mrs Dalal is a short heighten woman but here they have shown heightened character played by huma..biopic is made mainly to inspire but this was very slow and dull and did not represent any strong content of cooking and her struggle

Huma played her role very well along with Sharib who is master in playing soft and innocent roles

Sorry Mrs dalal I was expecting a lot as I grew up eating your recipes.