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Mississippi Masala

Name: Mississippi Masala
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1991-09-18
Duration: 1 h 58 min

1991 · 1h 58m · R · English · United Kingdom

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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Director: Mira Nair
Writers: Sooni Taraporevala
Release date: September 18, 1991
Runtime: 1h 58m
Original language: English
Production countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production companies: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International
Certification: R
Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $7,332,515

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immigrantsouthern usamississippi riverugandainterracial relationshipinterracial romanceracismracial prejudicewoman directoridi aminforced migrationmississippiromantic

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

Yvette Hawkins

Aunt Rose

Aanjjan Srivastav

Jammubhai

Konga Mbandu

Okelo

Sahira Nair

Young Mina

Dipti Suthar

Chanda

Varsha Thaker

Kusumben

Ashok Lath

Harry Patel

Natalie Oliver

Alicia LeShay

Karen Pinkston

Mrs. Robinson

Willy Cobbs

Skillet

Mira Nair

Gossip Aunty #1

Rajika Puri

Gossip Aunty #2

Sharon Williams

Tadice

Cyreio Hughes

Stacy Swinford

Bubba

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