Paresh C Palicha feels Spanish Masala ismore like a promotional video for Spanish Tourism than a film.With the world turning into a global village, no cuisine has remained indigenous. There is experimentation with every kind of food and there is likewise enough material for a storyteller to use this as the kernel for a story, as screenwriter Benny P Nayarambalam and director Lal Jose have done in Spanish Masala, which also features their favourite actor Dileep
Alas, the result is stale and bland, with little of the masala promised in the title.
In the initial stages of the film, maximum advantage is taken of Dileep's mimicry background and his image as a comedian.
The story is about Charlie (Dileep), who goes to Spain along with a mimicry troupe but stays back illegally to make a fortune there. Some humour is derived from the fact that he is conversant only in Malayalam.
He gets a job as a cook in an Indian restaurant run by a Malayali, as he has some experience in running a roadside eatery in his homeland. In the restaurant, he has the task of serving up various varieties of dosas and comes up with a local variant named Spanish Masala, which turns out to be his passport to employment in the home of an ex-diplomat
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