Mississippi Masala

Drama | Romance

6.4

Release Date

September 18, 1991

Duration

118 min

Status

Released

Language

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.

Casts

Demetrius Williams

Denzel Washington

Mina

Sarita Choudhury

Jay

Roshan Seth

Kinnu

Sharmila Tagore

Tyrone Williams

Charles S. Dutton

Williben Williams

Joe Seneca

Anil

Ranjit Chowdhry

Pontiac

Mohan Gokhale

Kanti Napkin

Mohan Agashe

Dexter Williams

Tico Wells

Aunt Rose

Yvette Hawkins

Jammubhai

Aanjjan Srivastav

Okelo

Konga Mbandu

Young Mina

Sahira Nair

Chanda

Dipti Suthar

Kusumben

Varsha Thaker

Harry Patel

Ashok Lath

Alicia LeShay

Natalie Oliver

Mrs. Robinson

Karen Pinkston

Skillet

Willy Cobs

Gossip Aunty #1

Mira Nair

Gossip Aunty #2

Rajika Puri

Tadice

Sharon Williams

DJ

Cyreio Hughes

Bubba

Stacy Swinford

Piggly Wiggly Checker

Rick Senn

White Truck Driver

Jim Haffey

Police Officer

Dillon Rozell Gross

Joe

Larry Haggard

Grandcraw

E. W. Colvin

Lady at Lusco's

Joyce Murrah

Clarence

Kevin McNeil

Grandaddy

Rev. Fred Matthews

Student

Mahlon Bouldin

Biloxi Cop

Buddy St Amant

Businessman

James Dale

Bank Manager

Ben Burford

Phinias T. Turnbull

Sam Sherrill

Barber

Alix Henry Sanders

James

Jerone Wiggins

Mildred

Sadie Carr

White Customer

Richard Crick

Postman

Alix W. Sanders

Chinese Customer

Shung Moo Joe

Sylvester Artiste III

Hollis Pippin

Evangelist

Dewey Buffington

Rapper #1

Tony McGhee

Rapper #2

J. D. Barrett

Rapper #3

Tre'Demont Spearman

Rapper #4

Argentina Moore

Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #1

Nora Boland

Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #2

Patsy Garrett

Soldier on Bus

Michael Wawuyo

Young Jay

Phavin Parbario

Young Okelo

Emanuel Mudara

Okelo's Mother

Immaculate Byakatonda

Mrs. Bedi

Amrit Panesar

Bharat

Jimmy Din

Teacher

Bonnie M. Lubega

Taxi Driver

Sammy E. D. Senkumba

Prison Captain

Mayambala Ssekasi

Idi Amin

Joseph Olita

Soldier at Roadblock

Wilberforce Muteta