Om Puri

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Viceroy's House (2017)

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The 80:20 Rule. India, 1947. Churchill’s government has sent Lord Grantham – –  sorry — Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville, “The Monuments Men“) as the new Viceroy. His mission is to make sure he is the last ever Viceroy, for India is to be returned to independence. But racial tensions between the Hindu and … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

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The Hundred-Foot Journey is based on the novel by Richard C. Morais.  It tells the story of the combative relationship between an Indian family, headed by ‘Papa’ (Om Puri), who opens a traditional Indian restaurant called “La Maison Mumbai” in a rural French village directly opposite the Michelin 1-star restaurant run by the fanatically focused … Read more