Mississippi Masala

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
Drama
Romance
(88 votes)

Casts

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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