Mississippi Masala
Visit website6.4/10 • 88
1991-09-18 • 1h 58m
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the 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.
- Directors
- Mira Nair
- Writters
- Sooni Taraporevala
- Editors
- Sooni Taraporevala, Roberto Silvi
Mississippi Masala
Visit website1991-09-18 • 1h 58m
6.4/10 • 88
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the 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.
- Directors
- Mira Nair
- Writters
- Sooni Taraporevala
- Editors
- Sooni Taraporevala, Roberto Silvi
Top Billed Cast
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Denzel Washington
Demetrius Williams
Sarita Choudhury
Mina
Roshan Seth
Jay
Sharmila Tagore
Kinnu
Charles S. Dutton
Tyrone Williams
Joe Seneca
Williben Williams
Ranjit Chowdhry
Anil
Mohan Gokhale
Pontiac
Mohan Agashe
Kanti Napkin
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $8,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $7,310,000.00
- Keywords
- immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi aminforced migrationmississippiromantic