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 |
|---|---|
| Year | 1991 |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Country | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Studio | Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film4 Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Cast | Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca |
| Crew | Mira Nair (Director), Sooni Taraporevala (Writer), Mitch Epstein (Production Design), Jeanette Scott (Set Decoration), Roberto Silvi (Editor), Jefferson Sage (Art Direction) |
| Keyword | immigrant, southern usa, mississippi river, uganda, interracial relationship, interracial romance, racism, racial prejudice, woman director, idi amin, forced migration, mississippi |
| Release | Sep 18, 1991 |
| Runtime | 118 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 6.32 / 10 by 76 users |
| Popularity | 14 |
| Budget | 8,000,000 |
| Revenue | 7,310,000 |
| Language | , English, Kiswahili |
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