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Mississippi Masala

Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.

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Mississippi Masala — Plot

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
  • Runtime
  • 118 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Romance
  • Director
  • Mira Nair

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Mississippi Masala — Cast

Denzel Washington photo Denzel Washington Demetrius Williams Sarita Choudhury photo Sarita Choudhury Mina Roshan Seth photo Roshan Seth Jay Sharmila Tagore photo Sharmila Tagore Kinnu Charles S. Dutton photo Charles S. Dutton Tyrone Williams Joe Seneca photo Joe Seneca Williben Williams Ranjit Chowdhry photo Ranjit Chowdhry Anil Mohan Gokhale photo Mohan Gokhale Pontiac

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