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Mississippi Masala

Name: Mississippi Masala
Director: Mira Nair
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1991-09-18
Cast: Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton

DramaRomance

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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Cast

Denzel WashingtonSarita ChoudhuryRoshan SethSharmila TagoreCharles S. DuttonJoe SenecaRanjit ChowdhryMohan GokhaleMohan AgasheTico WellsYvette HawkinsAanjjan Srivastav

Director

Mira Nair

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