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Mississippi Masala
63.33%
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September 18, 1991
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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.
Featured Crew
Mira Nair
Director
Sooni Taraporevala
Writer
Jeanette Scott
Set Decoration
Cast
![Denzel Washington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//9Iyt3wbsla5bM6IzbICDVnBhkER.jpg)
Denzel Washington
Demetrius Williams
![Sarita Choudhury](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//pABEOxQAns54tHpxN2w73b7SiPB.jpg)
Sarita Choudhury
Mina
![Roshan Seth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//4TbHkaZxPegaTns250cVXr8F91F.jpg)
Roshan Seth
Jay
![Sharmila Tagore](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//8TaTMFpYqO6E7DFKMvdvXKYdKc9.jpg)
Sharmila Tagore
Kinnu
![Charles S. Dutton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//eNLs4JLILqSY50Tq5QMkrlBxD0H.jpg)
Charles S. Dutton
Tyrone Williams