Mississippi Masala

6.4 / 10

(86 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

118 minutes

Year:

1991

Director:

Mira Nair

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Company:

Cinecom Pictures,

Mirabai Films,

Film4 Productions,

The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Budget:

$8,000,000

Revenue:

$7,310,000

Cast:
Denzel Washington

Demetrius Williams

Sarita Choudhury

Mina

Roshan Seth

Jay

Sharmila Tagore

Kinnu

Charles S. Dutton

Tyrone Williams

Crew:
Sooni Taraporevala

Writer

Mira Nair

Director

Ellen Lutter

Costume Designer

Judy Claman

Casting

Susie Figgis

Casting