Spoilers ahead…
Cooking is considered such a regular, day-to-day thing for a woman to do that no one thinks of it as an art, a special talent – no less special than the talent that, say, a Shakuntala Devi had.
After Tarla Dalal (Huma Qureshi) becomes a success, she finds that it has come at a cost: she is unable to care for her family the way she used to. At one point, when Tarla is in discussions for a TV show, her mother is forced to cook for Tarla’s husband (Nalin, played by Sharib Hashmi) and three children. She tells Tarla that she can be a “heroine” outside, but first she has to be a wife and a mother inside the home. Deciding to quit the show, Tarla tells her producer, “I am only doing what any woman would do.” The producer, who probably knows a thing or two about being a working woman, replies, “No. You are doing what no man would do.” The point is made as part of a conversation, with little fuss. And that’s how the rest of the film operates: with little fuss.
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