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.
Title | Mississippi Masala |
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Year | 1991 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Country | United Kingdom, United States of America |
Studio | Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film4 Productions, The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
Cast | Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca |
Crew | Sooni Taraporevala (Writer), Mira Nair (Director), Ellen Lutter (Costume Designer), Judy Claman (Casting), Susie Figgis (Casting), Lydia Dean Pilcher (Unit Production Manager) |
Release | Sep 18, 1991 |
Runtime | 118 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.30 / 10 by 84 users |
Popularity | 10 |