Cast: Madhur Jaffrey

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Madhur Jaffrey. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Vanya on 42nd Street

1994 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Louis Malle

Cast Julianne Moore · George Gaynes · Brooke Smith · Wallace Shawn

Synopsis David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this staging of Andre Gregory's play, "Vanya," itself based on Chekhov's masterpiece, "Uncle Vanya." A group of actors enter a theatre on New York's 42nd Street and run through a full-length rehearsal of "Vanya"...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Direction Michael Steed · Anna Chai · Claudia Woloshin · Morgan Fallon

Cast Anthony Bourdain · David Chang · Sean Brock · April Bloomfield

Synopsis TV Series (2012-). 78 Episodes. Chef David Chang, along with his friends, explore, explain and enjoy food from around the world.

6.9

47 votes

6.9

47 votes

A Late Quartet

2012 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Yaron Zilberman

Cast Philip Seymour Hoffman · Catherine Keener · Christopher Walken · Mark Ivanir

Synopsis A Late Quartet (2012) follows the members of a world-renowned string quartet as they face a crisis when their cellist, Peter, is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His decision to retire after 25 years disrupts the group's delicate balance, revealing buried...

6.9

6K votes

6.9

6K votes

Partition

2007 · Movie · 116 min. · Canada

Direction Vic Sarin

Cast Jimi Mistry · Kristin Kreuk · Neve Campbell · John Light

Synopsis Gian Singh & Avtar Singh are officers with the Indian Army serving under the command of Andrew Stilwell, who lives with his sister, Margaret, in New Delhi. During 1941 the trio are dispatched to active duty in Burma where Andrew...

5.7

167 votes

5.7

167 votes

Wolf

1994 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction Mike Nichols

Cast Jack Nicholson · Michelle Pfeiffer · James Spader · Kate Nelligan

Synopsis In Wolf (1994), a middle-aged book editor, Will Randall, faces a career crisis and a failing marriage. After being bitten by a wolf, he begins to experience heightened senses, increased vitality, and a newfound predatory instinct. As he embraces his...

5.6

34K votes

5.6

34K votes

Today's Special

2009 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction David Kaplan

Cast Aasif Mandvi · Jess Weixler · Madhur Jaffrey · Harish Patel

Synopsis Samir (Aasif Mandvi), a sous chef at an upscale New York restaurant, becomes frustrated with his boss (Dean Winters) and quits. His dreams of studying French cooking in France are shattered after his father becomes ill and he must take...

5.3

359 votes

5.3

359 votes

Cotton Mary

1999 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Ismail Merchant

Cast Greta Scacchi · Madhur Jaffrey · James Wilby · Neena Gupta

Synopsis On the Malabar Coast in the early 1950s, a British family finds itself in the midst of a cultural clash, instigating a reevaluation of traditional and colonial attitudes. As India goes through the growing pains of breaking away from colonial...

4.9

87 votes

4.9

87 votes

Shakespeare-Wallah

1965 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction James Ivory

Cast Shashi Kapoor · Felicity Kendal · Geoffrey Kendal · Laura Liddell

Synopsis The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the...

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Direction Julie Anne Robinson

Cast Sarayu Blue · James Buckley · Paul Adelstein · Johnny Pemberton

Synopsis TV Series (2018). Emet, the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter, is learning to be okay with being imperfect.

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Direction Bill Eagles · Jon Wright

Cast Amanda Redman · Neil Morrissey · Amrita Acharia · James Floyd

Synopsis Set in a coastal town in tropical South India, THE GOOD KARMA HOSPITAL tells the story of junior doctor, Ruby Walker, who arrives in India looking for a job and a distraction from her heartbreak. She anticipates the sunshine, the...

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Autobiography of a Princess

1975 · Movie · 55 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Ivory

Cast James Mason · Madhur Jaffrey · Keith Varnier · Diane Fletcher

Synopsis On the anniversary of her father's death, an Indian princess (Madhur Jaffrey) celebrates his memory in her London apartment by having tea and showing a selection of home movies to her guest, her father's old tutor Cyril Sahib (James Mason).

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The Guru

1969 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction James Ivory

Cast Rita Tushingham · Michael York · Utpal Dutt · Madhur Jaffrey

Synopsis Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar (musical instrument) from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. Tom is taken to Zafar's home, where he gets to meet his wife and...

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Chutney Popcorn

1999 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction Nisha Ganatra

Cast Nisha Ganatra · Jill Hennessy · Sakina Jaffrey · Madhur Jaffrey

Synopsis Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve...

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The Assam Garden

1985 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mary McMurray

Cast Deborah Kerr · Madhur Jaffrey · Alec McCowen · Zia Mohyeddin

Synopsis An embittered, lonely old widow reluctantly tends her late husband's garden and discovers that more than flowers can bloom there when she encounters her East Indian neighbor, a woman with an ailing husband. This touching drama chronicles their friendship. The...

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Jadoo

2012 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Amit Gupta

Cast Amara Karan · Harish Patel · Kulvinder Ghir · Tom Mison

Synopsis Jadoo tells the story of two brothers, Raja and Jagi, both wonderful chefs, who fall out so catastrophically that they tear the fabled family recipe book in half – one brother gets the starters and the other gets the main...

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Saagar

1985 · Movie · 186 min. · India

Direction Ramesh Sippy

Cast Rishi Kapoor · Kamal Hassan · Dimple Kapadia · Nadira

Synopsis Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with her.

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