Movie Review

Tarla

Introducing the Julia Child of India

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Recently, on my way home, in flight, I watched Tarla. It was a long international flight, and movies, as entertainment, came to my rescue.

The movie is a biopic, acted by Huma Quereshi, made on Indian Chef and Author of several cookbooks and cast of various cooking shows, Tarla Dalaal.

Hailing from Pune, Tarla, after completing her studies, was in the process of getting married through an arranged marriage setup when her parents started searching for a suitable partner for her.

Inspired by a female Professor at her university, she wanted to achieve something in her life and was not so keen on marriage. When she told her mother her desire to do something big in her life, like all other Indian mothers, she was permitted to pursue her ambitions after marriage.

When her marriage proposal progressed with Nalin Dalaal, who as a Chemical Engineer, working as a Quality Engineer, in a reputed firm of India, she shared her desire with him who said that he would support her.

Being a vegetarian, she didn’t like her husband eating non-veg cuisines and started experimenting with making vegetarian dishes as tasty as non-vegetarian ones.