
Mississippi Masala
Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.
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.
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About Mississippi Masala
- Directors
- Mira Nair
- Cast
- Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Joe Seneca
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Content rating
- R
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Status
- Released
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