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Madhur Jaffrey, Aasif Mandvi, Harish Patel, Naseeruddin Shah, and Jess Weixler in Today's Special (2009)

Harish Patel: Hakim

Today's Special

Harish Patel credited as playing...

Hakim

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  • Samir: Dad, it's okay; he was a chef at a hotel in Mumbai.
  • Hakim: Of course he was, and I am the bloody King of Sweden!
  • Hakim: I should just sell the bloody restaurant - one less headache around my neck.
  • Hakim: [banging pot with a spoon] Get up! It's time for namaz.
  • Samir: Since when did you become religious?
  • Hakim: [to Samir] Bloody Jesus isn't going to teach you namaz! Only I, your father, am going to teach you namaz!
  • Farrida: Since when did you become religious?
  • Farrida: He told me I'm a very beautiful woman. He said I'm full of spirit. And he sang to me a love song that he used to sing to his wife.
  • Hakim: Love song... what love song?
  • Hakim: His sous-chef, huh? Do we believe that?
  • Farrida: Not for a minute!
  • Hakim: [pause] Do we care?
  • Farrida: Not for a minute!

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