Mississippi Masala

6.4 1991 1h 58m United Kingdom

Drama Romance

Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African-American communities.

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Passion. Tradition. Mix it up. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African-American communities.

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Directors

Mira Nair

Writers

Sooni Taraporevala

Cast

Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry, Mohan Gokhale, Mohan Agashe, Tico Wells, Yvette Hawkins, Aanjjan Srivastav, Konga Mbandu, Sahira Nair, Dipti Suthar

Production

Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International

Languages

Gujarati, English, Swahili

Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America