Mississippi Masala (1991)
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
118 min
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.
- Release date
- September 18, 1991
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom, India
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $7,332,515
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Trailer
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Demetrius
- Sarita Choudhury as Mina
- Roshan Seth as Jay
- Sharmila Tagore as Kinnu
- Charles S. Dutton as Tyrone
- Joe Seneca as Williben
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Anil
- Mohan Gokhale as Pontiac
- Mohan Agashe as Kanti Napkin
- Tico Wells as Dexter
- Anjan Srivastav as Jammubhai
- Sahira Nair as Young Mina
- Ashok Lath as Harry Patel
- Mira Nair as Gossip Aunty #1
- Rajika Puri as Gossip Aunty #2
Crew
- Mira Nair · Director
- Sooni Taraporevala · Writer
- Mira Nair · Producer
- Michael Nozik · Producer
- L. Subramaniam · Composer
- Edward Lachman · Cinematographer
- Roberto Silvi · Editor
- Mitch Epstein · Production designer