Mississippi Masala

"Passion. Tradition. Mix it up."

Feb 5 1992 R 1h 58m

Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.

Written by

Sooni Taraporevala

Directed by

Mira Nair

Cast

Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Channel Four Films

Languages

Deutsch, English

Awards

5 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers

Mississippi Masala Trailer 1992

Mississippi Masala - U.S. Re-Release Trailer (2022)

Scores

# of Votes

7,342

Average Rating

6.8 out of 10

Metascore

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