Mississippi Masala (1991)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1991-09-18
Runtime: 118 minutes
Director: Mira Nair
Budget: $8,000,000 USD
Revenue: $7,310,000 USD
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- Denzel Washington as Demetrius Williams
- Sarita Choudhury as Mina
- Roshan Seth as Jay
- Sharmila Tagore as Kinnu
- Charles S. Dutton as Tyrone Williams
- Joe Seneca as Williben Williams
- Ranjit Chowdhry as Anil
- Mohan Gokhale as Pontiac
- Mohan Agashe as Kanti Napkin
- Tico Wells as Dexter Williams
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