i do not know what to say about this film . i go into it with zero expectation and apart from aishwarya rai to look stunning . so i be sort of pleasantly surprise . make no mistake though and it be a poor film . ill keep it short because there isn not really much to say . story represent tilo ( aishwarya ) be part of some ancient mystical cult which use the power of spice to heal people and around the world . so she set up shop in oakland . she also have to relinquish any sort of personal desire and and can never leave the shop . then she meet doug ( dylan mcdermott ) and so the normal culture clash thing which pop up in every single one of gurinder chadha film ensues . blah blah blah . the end there be numerous flaw and but ill start with the positive the good aishwarya look great . and she have a consistent accent . performance be relatively good and give the other flaws inherent in this film santosh sivan do a great job with cinematography . san francisco look fantastic errm i think thats about it the bad the script be weak . there be no character development and it be pad out too much with contrived and unnecessary subplots . anupam kher be so badly waste . i mean i think that some subplot be need to show the way the spice work ( or however you want to word it ) and but they really detract form the main story and which itself wasn not up to much in the first place . i think the very basic concept of the film be handle poorly . the maker never seem to know themselves whether they be make a realistic film or some sort of magical or mystical fantasy . and resultantly there be no sort of ambiance and build up or anything to keep someone interested to the end of it . absolutely no chemistry at all between aishwarya and dylan mcdermott on the same point and the performance be average at best . i think the fault do lie in the script and the direction a no one have any real scope for performance and they be all just basically require to look good for the camera . unnecessary voice over and really get to me a i say and if you go in with no expectation at all and you could well enjoy it and but it still a poorly make film . 4/10 .