Mississippi Masala

1991 | 118 minutes | 6.3 ★ (83)

Mississippi Masala
  • Overview

    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

    18 September 1991

  • DirectingMira Nair
  • Budget

    $8,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $7,310,000.00

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