Om Puri joins Helen Mirren in Lasse Hallstrom’s ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’

MUMBAI: The Indian actor has been cast in DreamWorks’ adaptation of Richard C Morais’ best-seller. Om Puri has starred in dozens of films but is best known stateside for East Is East (1999).

The Hundred-Foot Journey follows an Indian family that moves to France and opens an Indian restaurant a hundred feet across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant. The ensuing battle between the eateries tests the power of family, loyalty and love.

Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, Charlotte Le Bon also star in director Lasse Hallstrom’s film, which is produced by Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Juliet Blake. Steve Knight wrote the script. Disney will release the pic in the US on 8 August 2014.