The Mistress of Spices , a 2006 film adaptation/drama movie released on 1/1/2006 starring ANTHONY ZAKI, COSIMA SHAW, Harvey Virdi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Rebecca Bowden, Paul Bhattacharjee, Toby Marlow, Nina Young, Sonny Gill Dulay, Caroline Chikezie, Dylan McDermott, Bansree Madhani, nitin chandra ganatra, Shaheen Khan, Padma Lakshmi, Ayesha Dharker, Zohra Sehgal, Anupam Kher, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan under the banner of Isle of Man Film. An orphan has learned to harness the magical properties of spices. As a rule however, she cannot use the powers for her own gain or touch another person. But then she falls in love..