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May 27, 2003 · Mississippi Masala is a production of Alliance Atlantis from 1991. It was directed by Mira Nair and stars Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington. It is a story of a family of Asian Indians who are forced to leave Uganda by the authority of Idi Amin in 1972.
The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair's MISSISSIPPI MASALA, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury) spends her days cleaning rooms in an Indian-run motel in Mississippi. When she falls for the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius (Denzel Washington), their passionate ...
May 25, 2022 · Mississippi Masala showed at festivals in late 1991 and was released commercially in American cinemas in February 1992, within weeks of Wayne’s World and Basic Instinct. Working outside Hollywood’s conventions, Nair joined an extraordinary flowering in independent filmmaking that continues to be celebrated.
Mississippi Masala. The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda by the dictatorship of Idi Amin, twentysomething Mina (Sarita Choudhury ...
Mississippi Masala Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington star in Mira Nair’s bighearted romance, set amongst the vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South —a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love’s power that tackles thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with humor and keen insight.
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Mississippi Masala. Directed by Mira Nair • 1991 • United States, Uganda Starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth. The vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South come together in Mira Nair’s MISSISSIPPI MASALA, a luminous look at the complexities of love in the modern melting pot. Years after her Indian ...
Mississippi Masala. Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington star in Mira Nair’s bighearted romance, set amongst the vibrant cultures of India, Uganda, and the American South —a sweet, sexy, and deeply satisfying celebration of love’s power that tackles thorny issues of racism, colorism, culture clash, and displacement with humor and keen ...
