ever thought why the legendary scene of kareem ikka thilakan having his sulaimani black tea was filmed in front of the sea in the movie ustad hotel well the scenarist of the movie anjali menon was also unaware of it until now anjali menon recently came across a post that reads the person you think of when you stand in front of the ocean thats the person youre in love with and thats when anjali menon realized why she unknowingly placed the scene of ustad having his favourite sulaimani in front of the ocean what else would a chef like kareem ikka find while looking into those restless waves anjali menon took to her social media handle to share about the puzzle she solved pleasantly surprised to find this post answer to why the sulaimani scene had to be set where it was anjali menon said in the post ustad hotel is a 2012 movie directed by anwar rasheed anjali menon was the screenwriter for the movie actors thilakan and dulquer salmaan essayed the lead character in the film alongside siddhique and nithya menon in supporting roles the movie was backed by listin stephen under the banner of magic frames loganathan srinivasan was the cinematographer for the movie while praveen prabhakar was the editor ustad hotel was a hit both amongst the audience and critics as well as at the box office