Mississippi Masala

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Mississippi Masala
Directed by Mira Nair
Written by Sooni Taraporevala
Starring Denzel Washington
Roshan Seth
Sharmila Tagore
Sarita Choudhury
Release date(s) 1991
Language English
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Mississippi Masala (1991) is a film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

A third generation Ugandan-Indian family residing in Kampala, is expelled from the country in 1972 by the Idi Amin regime. The father, Jay (Roshan Seth) moves with wife, Kinnu (Sharmila Tagore) and daughter, Meena (Sarita Choudhury) to Greenwood, Mississippi to live with family members who own a chain of motels there.

In 1990, 24 year old Meena, who cleans toilets at her family's motel, falls in love with Demetrius (Denzel Washington) a local African-American carpet cleaner. The respective families erupt in turmoil after the pair are confronted by members of the Indian family during a weekend of pleasure in Biloxi.

Ultimately, the two families cannot come to terms with the inter-racial pair who flee together in Demetrius' van. Both need to move on, both emotionally and physically in order to grow, but so does Jay, who, after a brief return to Kampala to attend a court proceeding on the disposition of his confiscated Ugandan house, relinquishes his long-nurtured dream of returning to Africa.

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[edit] Cast and crew


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