Mississippi Masala
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1991-09-18
Runtime: 118 mins
Director: Mira Nair
Writer: Sooni Taraporevala
Spoken language: English, , Kiswahili
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original title: Mississippi Masala
Production Companies: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film Four International
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Cast
Denzel Washington
Sarita Choudhury
Roshan Seth
Sharmila Tagore
Charles S. Dutton
Joe Seneca
Ranjit Chowdhry
Mohan Gokhale
Mohan Agashe
Tico Wells
Yvette Hawkins
Aanjjan Srivastav
Konga Mbandu
Sahira Nair
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