Mississippi Masala

118 min 1991 Published on, 1 year ago

6.3

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

Genre

Drama Romance

Released

18 Sep, 1991

Main Cast

Denzel Washington , Sarita Choudhury , Roshan Seth , Sharmila Tagore , Charles S. Dutton

Supporting Cast

Joe Seneca , Ranjit Chowdhry , Mohan Gokhale , Mohan Agashe , Tico Wells

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