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Mississippi Masala
Directed by
Mira Nair
R
1991
1h 58m
Drama
,
Romance
6.8
92%
64%
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An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later. The dad sues Uganda to get his property back. The grown daughter falls in love with a Black man.
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Cast of Mississippi Masala
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
Yvette Hawkins
Aunt Rose
Aanjjan Srivastav
Jammubhai
Konga Mbandu
Okelo
Sahira Nair
Young Mina
Dipti Suthar
Chanda
Varsha Thaker
Kusumben
Ashok Lath
Harry Patel
Natalie Oliver
Alicia LeShay
Karen Pinkston
Mrs. Robinson
Willy Cobs
Skillet
Mira Nair
Gossip Aunty #1 / Director / Producer
Rajika Puri
Gossip Aunty #2
Sharon Williams
Tadice
Cyreio Hughes
DJ
Stacy Swinford
Bubba
Rick Senn
Piggly Wiggly Checker
Jim Haffey
White Truck Driver
Dillon Rozell Gross
Police Officer
Larry Haggard
Joe
E. W. Colvin
Grandcraw
Joyce Murrah
Lady at Lusco's
Kevin McNeil
Clarence
Rev. Fred Matthews
Grandaddy
Mahlon Bouldin
Student
Buddy St Amant
Biloxi Cop
James Dale
Businessman
Ben Burford
Bank Manager
Sam Sherrill
Phinias T. Turnbull
Alix Henry Sanders
Barber
Jerone Wiggins
James
Sadie Carr
Mildred
Richard Crick
White Customer
Alix W. Sanders
Postman
Shung Moo Joe
Chinese Customer
Hollis Pippin
Sylvester Artiste III
Dewey Buffington
Evangelist
Tony McGhee
Rapper #1
J. D. Barrett
Rapper #2
Tre'Demont Spearman
Rapper #3
Argentina Moore
Rapper #4
Nora Boland
Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #1
Patsy Garrett
Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #2
Michael Wawuyo
Soldier on Bus
Phavin Parbario
Young Jay
Emanuel Mudara
Young Okelo
Immaculate Byakatonda
Okelo's Mother
Amrit Panesar
Mrs. Bedi
Jimmy Din
Bharat
Bonnie M. Lubega
Teacher
Sammy E. D. Senkumba
Taxi Driver
Mayambala Ssekasi
Prison Captain
Joseph Olita
Idi Amin
Wilberforce Muteta
Soldier at Roadblock
Sooni Taraporevala
Writer
Michael Nozik
Producer
Mississippi Masala Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
Mira Nair's sophomore feature, Mississippi Masala, lives at the intersection of disparate cultures.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Mississippi Masala appears to have been produced on a modest (by Hollywood standards) budget, but it is a big movie in terms of talent, geography and concerns.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
The script, though it clips along with a wicked capering wit, is forever explaining itself; the comedy is a broad grin filled with sitcom retreads... Delivered with enormous good humor and affection, all of this works.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
It moves in fits and starts and it isn't obsessively tidy about each and every loose end, but in its sweet, slightly melancholy, gently humorous way, it fills the screen with the freshest, most winning love story we've seen in ages.
Chicago Tribune
Dave Kehr
Though Mississippi Masala is, by a conservative estimate, the 4,000th film to appropriate Romeo and Juliet as a metaphor for racial intolerance, Nair's film feels amazingly fresh and lively.
Los Angeles Times
Peter Rainer
Despite the awkwardness of much of the staging, and the unevenness of the script, the movie does give you a sense of real people living real lives.
Variety
Variety Staff
Washington is savvy and attractive as the enterprising carpet cleaner destined for a brighter future. Choudhury is a discovery as the Americanized Mina, who calls herself a kind of masala. Together, they carry the film smoothly and agreeably.
Newsday
Jack Mathews
The most powerful films are those magic carpet rides that transport us to places we've never been, introduce us to cultures we've never known... I have in mind Mira Nair's extraordinary Mississippi Masala.
New York Daily News
Kathleen Carroll
The movie is both wonderfully tender and wryly funny. Nair perfectly captures the contrasting lifestyles... She treats all her characters with such playful affection and obvious sensitivity that they are hard to resist
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
When Denzel Washington nibbles Sarita Choudhury's mouth in Mississippi Masala, the theater is so quiet you can hear the Raisinets settling in their boxes and butter trickling down the popcorn. Has there ever been a sexier screen couple?
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Cater
With its rich panoply of characters and its acute observations, Mississippi Masala manages to be about much, much more than Demetrius and Mina.
Newsweek
David Ansen
This smart, appealing movie about displaced people and severed memories is firmly rooted in Nair's generous appreciation of her all too human characters.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Pollack
Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala is a piquant dish all its own, a love story with a twist, a look at displaced people, a charming, poignant blend of comedy and drama.
Detroit Free Press
Judy Gerstel
A movie that is not only accessible and earthy, but also innocent and wise.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
It may be longwinded here and there, but Mississippi Masala jumps with life.
Austin Chronicle
Kathleen Maher
It takes love to bring all these elements together into harmony, and Nair makes it look easy even when it's most difficult for her characters.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
An utterly infectious romance between an African American and an Indian African emigre, this seductively funny film measures the pull of roots against the tug of heartstrings.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Surprisingly funny and cheerful at times.
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