Mississippi Masala
1991 · directed by Mira Nair
- Rating
- 74/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Mississippi Masala (1991), directed by Mira Nair, rates 74/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Denzel Washington
- Sarita Choudhury
- Roshan Seth
- Sharmila Tagore
- Charles S. Dutton
- Joe Seneca
- Ranjit Chowdhry
- Mohan Gokhale
- Mohan Agashe
- Tico Wells
Crew
- Edward Lachman — Director of Photography
- Roberto Silvi — Editor
- L. Subramaniam — Original Music Composer
- Sooni Taraporevala — Writer
More from Mira Nair
- Salaam Bombay! (1988) — 80/100 · hit
- Monsoon Wedding (2001) — 77/100
- Queen of Katwe (2016) — 77/100
- The Namesake (2007) — 76/100
- September 11 (2002) — 67/100
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) — 62/100
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