Mississippi Masala
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
6.4
105 votes
September 18, 1991
1h 58m
Drama
Romance
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.
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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 WilliamsY
Yvette Hawkins
Aunt Rose
Aanjjan Srivastav
JammubhaiK
Konga Mbandu
OkeloS
Sahira Nair
Young MinaD
Dipti Suthar
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