Ustad Hotel

Ustad Hotel
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Directed by	Anwar Rasheed
Produced by	Listin Stephen
Written by	Anjali Menon
Starring	Thilakan Dulquer Salmaan Nithya Menen Siddique Assim Jamal
Narrated by	Mamukkoya
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Cinematography	Loganathan Srinivasan
Edited by	Praveen Prabhakar
Production company	Magic Frames
Distributed by	Central Pictures & PJ Entertainments Europe
Release date	13 July 2012 (2012-07-13) (Kerala)
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	₹8.5 crore

Ustad Hotel is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Anjali Menon and produced by Listin Stephen under the banner of Magic Frames and was distributed by Central Pictures. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Thilakan, Siddique, Mamukkoya, Nithya Menen and Lena Abhilash, along with Asif Ali and Jishnu in cameo roles.

The film is about a young man named Faizal (known as Feyzee), who studies in Switzerland as a chef against his rich father's wishes. As the relation between father and son deteriorates, Feyzee is forced to work as a cook in a restaurant at Kozhikode (Calicut) run by his grandfather Karim. A strong bond develops between Karim, an elderly Sufi Muslim, and his educated grandson who eventually decides to work permanently in the restaurant. The film also discusses issues of poverty, underprivilege and tensions between rich and poor in India. Food and its nuances becomes a central character in the film.

Ustad Hotel was released on 13 July 2012. It was a commercial success. The film won three National Film Awards, for Best Popular Film, Anjali Menon won the award for Best Dialogues and Thilakan got a Special Mention.