Basmati Blues

About Basmati Blues

Linda Watt is a sheltered but brilliant young scientist who is plucked out of her company's lab and sent to India by her CEO to sell "Rice 9," a genetically modified rice she's created. However, unbeknownst to her, the rice will destroy the Indian farmers she thinks she's helping.

Basmati Blues is a 2017 comedy music film directed by Dan Baron.

Brie Larson takes the lead as Linda, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Rajit, Donald Sutherland as Gurgon, and Scott Bakula as Eric. It runs 106 minutes and was released in November 2017.

The screenplay is by Dan Baron and Jeff Dorchen. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Cineverse Amazon Channel in the United States.