Mississippi Masala 1991

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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The cast

Denzel Washington Demetrius Williams

Sarita Choudhury Mina

Roshan Seth Jay

Sharmila Tagore Kinnu

Charles S. Dutton Tyrone Williams

Joe Seneca Williben Williams

Ranjit Chowdhry Anil

Mohan Gokhale Pontiac

Mohan Agashe Kanti Napkin

Tico Wells Dexter Williams

Y

Yvette Hawkins Aunt Rose

Aanjjan Srivastav Jammubhai

K

Konga Mbandu Okelo

S

Sahira Nair Young Mina

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