It was great to meet Manish Dayal when I was on the #100FootJourneyEvent. He was a very personable guy and today he is doing a Q&A to promote the release of The 100 Foot Journey on DVD/Blu-ray tomorrow.

Tune in at 6pm PST/9pm EST TONIGHT for a LIVE Facebook Q&A with Manish Dayal, who plays Hassan Kadam in the film. Don’t be late! http://on.fb.me/1sCSj3u

Watch The Hundred-Foot Journey ‘By the River’ clip.

From producers Steven Spielberg & Oprah Winfrey and director Lasse Hallström (“Chocolat,” “The Cider House Rules”) comes the deliciously entertaining story of “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” available to own on December 2, 2014. Based on the beloved, best-selling novel by Richard C. Morais and starring Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren (“The Queen,” “Monsters University,” “The Debt”), this flavorful tale of cultural differences, shared passions, and the unifying nature of food is the perfect gift for movie fans of all ages this holiday season! The movie is available for purchase on Digital HD, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On-Demand.

SYNOPSIS: Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant – the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai. That is, until the chilly chef proprietress of Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant a hundred feet from her own escalate to all out war between the two establishments – until Hassan’s passion for French haute cuisine and for Mme. Mallory’s enchanting sous chef, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), combine with his mysteriously delicious talent to weave magic between their two cultures and imbue Saint-Antonin with the flavors of life that even Mme. Mallory cannot ignore. At first Mme. Mallory’s culinary rival, she eventually recognizes Hassan’s gift as a chef and takes him under her wing.

PRODUCERS: Steven Spielberg (“Lincoln,” “Saving Private Ryan”), Oprah Winfrey (“Precious,” “Beloved”) and Juliet Blake (TV’s “Border Wars,” “Farscape”)

DIRECTOR: Lasse Hallström (“Chocolat,” “The Cider House Rules”)

TALENT: Helen Mirren (2006 Academy Award®-winning actress for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for “The Queen,” “Monsters University,” “The Debt”), Om Puri (“East is East,” “Gandhi”), Manish Dayal (TV’s “90210,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”), Charlotte Le Bon (“Mood Indigo,” “Yves Saint Laurent”) and Farzana Dua Elahe (“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”).

WRITTEN BY: Steven Knight (“Eastern Promises,” “Locke”)

COMPOSER: A.R. Rahman (Two-time Academy Award®-winner in 2010 for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song in “127 Hours,” “Slumdog Millionaire”)