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Today's Special is a 2009 independent comedy film loosely inspired by Aasif Mandvi's play, Sakina's Restaurant. The film was directed by David Kaplan. The script was adapted by Aasif Mandvi and Jonathan Bines, and stars Mandvi, Madhur Jaffrey, Read More..

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Description	Today's Special is a 2009 independent comedy film loosely inspired by Aasif Mandvi's play, Sakina's Restaurant. The film was directed by David Kaplan. The script was adapted by Aasif Mandvi and Jonathan Bines, and stars Mandvi, Madhur Jaffrey, Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, Jess Weixler, Harish Patel, Kevin Corrigan, Dean Winters, and Ajay Naidu. The film was developed and produced by Nimitt Mankad of Inimitable Pictures, and Lillian LaSalle of Sweet 180.The film premiered at the London Film Festival on October 16, 2009 and in the United States at the Paris Theater as the Opening Night of the MIAAC Film Festival (Mahindra Indo American Arts Festival). It played at the Mumbai Film Festival; the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 15, 2010, where it won "Best of the Fest"; and was the Opening Night film at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 11, 2010.
Description	Today's Special is a 2009 independent comedy film loosely inspired by Aasif Mandvi's play, Sakina's Restaurant. The film was directed by David Kaplan. The script was adapted by Aasif Mandvi and Jonathan Bines, and stars Mandvi, Madhur Jaffrey, Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, Jess Weixler, Harish Patel, Kevin Corrigan, Dean Winters, and Ajay Naidu. The film was developed and produced by Nimitt Mankad of Inimitable Pictures, and Lillian LaSalle of Sweet 180.The film premiered at the London Film Festival on October 16, 2009 and in the United States at the Paris Theater as the Opening Night of the MIAAC Film Festival (Mahindra Indo American Arts Festival). It played at the Mumbai Film Festival; the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 15, 2010, where it won "Best of the Fest"; and was the Opening Night film at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 11, 2010.

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Director	David Kaplan
Director
Story
Story
Screenplay	Aasif Mandvi , Jonathan Bines
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Based on	{{Based on\|Sakina's Restaurant\|Aasif Mandvi}}
Based on
Cinematography	David Tumblety
Cinematography
Editing	Rich Fox,Chris Houghton
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Starring	Aasif Mandvi , Madhur Jaffrey , Naseeruddin Shah , Harish Patel , Jess Weixler , Kevin Corrigan , Dean Winters , Ajay Naidu
Starring
Music	Stephane Wrembel , songs by Siddhartha Khosla
Music
Runtime	99 minutes
Runtime
Country	United States
Country
Language	English
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PRODUCTION

Producer	Nimitt Mankad , Lillian LaSalle , Declan Baldwin
Producer
Studio	Inimitable Pictures,Sweet 180
Studio
Distributor	Reliance MediaWorks Ltd
Distributor
Released	2009/10/16 (London Film Festival)
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Budget
Budget
Gross	$317,831
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