Today's Special (film)

Today's Special
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Kaplan
Screenplay by	Aasif Mandvi Jonathan Bines
Based on	Sakina's Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi
Produced by	Nimitt Mankad Lillian LaSalle Declan Baldwin
Starring	Aasif Mandvi Madhur Jaffrey Naseeruddin Shah Harish Patel Jess Weixler Kevin Corrigan Dean Winters Ajay Naidu
Cinematography	David Tumblety
Edited by	Rich Fox Chris Houghton
Music by	Stephane Wrembel, songs by Siddhartha Khosla
Production companies	Inimitable Pictures Sweet 180
Distributed by	Reliance MediaWorks Ltd
Release date	October 16, 2009 (2009-10-16) (London Film Festival)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$317,831[1]

Today's Special is a 2009 independent comedy film loosely inspired by Aasif Mandvi's play, Sakina's Restaurant. The film was directed by David Kaplan. The script was adapted by Aasif Mandvi and Jonathan Bines, and stars Mandvi, Madhur Jaffrey, Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah, Jess Weixler, Harish Patel, Kevin Corrigan, Dean Winters, and Ajay Naidu. The film was developed and produced by Nimitt Mankad of Inimitable Pictures, and Lillian LaSalle of Sweet 180.

The film premiered at the London Film Festival on October 16, 2009.^{[citation needed]} In the United States, it was the opening film of the MIAAC Film Festival (Mahindra Indo American Arts Festival), at the Paris Theater in New York City.^[2][3][4] It played at the Mumbai Film Festival.^{[citation needed]} At the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 15, 2010, it won "Best of the Fest."^{[citation needed]} It was also the Opening Night film at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 11, 2010.^[5]