Film

Mississippi Masala

1991 · 1h 58m · Drama · Romance

Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.

IMDb

6.8

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

78

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.

Denzel Washington

Demetrius Williams

Sarita Choudhury

Mina

Roshan Seth

Jay

Sharmila Tagore

Kinnu

Charles S. Dutton

Tyrone Williams

Joe Seneca

Williben Williams

Ranjit Chowdhry

Anil

Mohan Gokhale

Pontiac

Mohan Agashe

Kanti Napkin

Tico Wells

Dexter Williams

Yvette Hawkins

Aunt Rose

Aanjjan Srivastav

Jammubhai

Konga Mbandu

Okelo

Sahira Nair

Young Mina

Dipti Suthar

Chanda

Varsha Thaker

Kusumben

• Mira NairDirector · Producer
• Sooni TaraporevalaWriter
• Michael NozikProducer
• Cherie L. RodgersExecutive Producer
• Edward LachmanDirector of Photography
• L. SubramaniamOriginal Music Composer
• Roberto SilviEditor
• Judy ClamanCasting
• Susie FiggisCasting
• Dinaz StaffordCasting

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

Release date

September 18, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

R

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$7,332,515

Genres

Drama, Romance

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