Mississippi Masala
1991 • Drama | Romance
6.4 (89)
Sooni Taraporevala
Writer
Mira Nair
Director
Status
Released
Release date
September 18, 1991
Duration
118 Min
Language
en
Popularity
1.4054
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$7,310,000
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.
Cast
Denzel Washington
Sarita Choudhury
Roshan Seth
Sharmila Tagore
Charles S. Dutton
Joe Seneca
Ranjit Chowdhry
Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Agashe
Tico Wells
Aanjjan Srivastav
Mira Nair
Patsy Garrett
Michael Wawuyo
