DramaRomance
Mississippi Masala
"Passion. Tradition. Mix it up."
User Score97 votes
64%6.4/10
Release1991→
Runtime1H 58M
LanguageGujarati
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media39
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Director
Mira Nair
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Budget$5M
Revenue$7M
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RKeywords
immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi aminforced migrationmississippiromantic
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Production:Cinecom PicturesMirabai FilmsFilm Four International