
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.



Dulquer Salmaan
Faizi

Thilakan
Kareem

Nithya Menen
Shahana

Siddique
Abdul Razak

Mamukkoya
Ummar

Jayaprakash
Narayanan Krishnan

Praveena
Fareeda

Maniyanpilla Raju
Chef Babu

Bhagath Manuel
Member of Kallummekkay

Sreenath Bhasi
Member of Kallummekkay
Ustad Hotel is a drama, comedy film released in 2012 exploring themes of hotel, van, passport, food, chef, band singer. Directed by Anwar Rasheed, it stars Dulquer Salmaan, Thilakan, Nithya Menen. When his father refuses to support his choice of a career, an aspiring chef tries to fulfil his dream by helping his grandfather run his small eatery.
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