Mississippi Masala

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Denzel Washington Demetrius Williams

Sarita Choudhury Mina

Roshan Seth Jay

Sharmila Tagore Kinnu

Charles S. Dutton Tyrone Williams