Directed by:
Mira NairScreenplay:
Sooni TaraporevalaCinematography:
Edward LachmanCast:
Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore, Charles S. Dutton, Mohan Agashe, Mira Nair, Patsy Garrett, Joe Seneca, Ranjit Chowdhry (more)VOD (1)
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The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington), their passionate romance challenges the prejudices of both of their families and exposes the rifts between the region’s Indian and African American communities. Tackling thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with bighearted humor and keen insight, Nair serves up a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love’s power. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Denzel Washington
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
Philadelphia (1993)
Man on Fire (2004)
Sarita Choudhury
UK
Best movies:
The House of the Spirits (1993)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
High Art (1998)
Roshan Seth
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Amal (2007)
Sharmila Tagore
Best movies:
The Goddess (1960)
The World of Apu (1959)
Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)
Charles S. Dutton
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
The Express (2008)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Mohan Agashe
India
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Paint It Yellow (2006)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Mira Nair
India
Best movies:
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
My Own Country (1998) (TV movie)
Patsy Garrett
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Parallax View (1974)
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
Joe Seneca
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Crossroads (1986)
Ranjit Chowdhry
India
Best movies:
Bandit Queen (1994)
Fire (1996)
King of the Jungle (1999)
Anjan Srivastav
India
Best movies:
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Chak De! India (2007)
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
Tico Wells
Best movies:
Monster Makers (2003) (TV movie)
Tyson (1995) (TV movie)
Mississippi Masala (1991)
Nora Boland
Best movies:
Elvis: The Movie (1979) (TV movie)
The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
California Suite (1978)