Mississippi Masala (1991)
17/01/1992 (GB)
Drama, Romance
1h 58m
- 64% (88 votes)
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Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
Overview
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.
- Mira NairDirector
- Sooni TaraporevalaWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$7,310,000
Keywords
- immigrant
- southern usa
- mississippi river
- uganda
- interracial relationship
- interracial romance
- racism
- racial prejudice
- woman director
- idi amin
- forced migration
- mississippi
- romantic
Top Billed Cast
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
Tico Wells
Dexter Williams
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