Movie
Mississippi Masala
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1991-09-18
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Demetrius Williams
- Sarita Choudhury as Mina
- Roshan Seth as Jay
- Sharmila Tagore as Kinnu
- Charles S. Dutton as Tyrone Williams
- Joe Seneca as Williben Williams
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Anil
- Mohan Gokhale as Pontiac
- Mohan Agashe as Kanti Napkin
- Tico Wells as Dexter Williams
- Yvette Hawkins as Aunt Rose
- Aanjjan Srivastav as Jammubhai
Crew
- Mira Nair - Director
- Sooni Taraporevala - Writer
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