Press and Media

LA Times / Chicago Tribune Critics RAVE:


Directed with verve by David Kaplan from Aasif Mandvi and Jonathan Bines’ exceptional screenplay, “Today’s Special” stars Mandvi as a sous-chef (more…)

November 27th, 2010

‘Today’s Special’ charms with easy recipe

Starring in a film based on his own award-winning play (more…)

November 18th, 2010

77 Minutes With Aasif Mandvi

Aasif in NY MagIndian food in Queens with The Daily Show’s “Brown Correspondent,” who grew up thinking he was “this white, middle-class kid.” (more…)

November 17th, 2010

Today’s Special in Huffington Post

The connection between food and passion finds its way into all kinds of movies:

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November 2nd, 2010

Film Review: Today’s Special – Film Journal

-By Doris Toumarkine

Writer/star Aasif Mandvi filmjournal/photos/stylus/153682-Todays_Special_Md.jpg, a sometime playwright but best known to TV audiences as a “Daily Show” personality (more…)

October 26th, 2010

Tall Writer’s “Ten Films I Want to See Before the End of the Year”

Today’s Special (Nov. 19 – limited) – A Tandoori restaurant’s success depends on chef Samir who takes over for his estranged father (more…)

October 26th, 2010

Cooking Curry in the Kitchen With Jaffrey

Madhur Dishes in the WSJ!

Though she has used it for over 40 years, the Indian actress and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey doesn’t love the kitchen in her Greenwich Village apartment. (more…)

October 16th, 2010

Today’s Special review on Epicurious

Today’s Special: A New Foodie Film Starring Aasif Mandvi and Madhur Jaffrey
by Lauren Salkeld (more…)

September 21st, 2010

Aasif Mandvi Stars in ‘Today’s Special’

Aasif Mandvi is most known for his funny segments on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (more…)

September 17th, 2010