Mississippi Masala (1991)

Passion. Tradition. Mix it up.

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.

Genres: Drama, Romance

Stars: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton

Release Date: 1991-09-18

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Ratings: 6.362 / 10 (94 votes)

Runtime: 118 mins