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Mississippi Masala

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Calorie Rating: 166
Released: 1991-09-18
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Budget: 8000000
Revenue 7310000
Studios: Cinecom Pictures, Mirabai Films, Film4 Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Company,


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.

Director / Directors

Mira Nair
Director
Michael Zimbrich
First Assistant Director
Noga Isackson
Second Assistant Director

Dinaz Stafford
Second Second Assistant Director
Linda Wilson
Second Second Assistant Director
Nilita Vachani
Script Supervisor



Cast

Denzel Washington
Character: Demetrius Williams
Sarita Choudhury
Character: Mina
Roshan Seth
Character: Jay

Sharmila Tagore
Character: Kinnu
Charles S. Dutton
Character: Tyrone Williams
Joe Seneca
Character: Williben Williams

Ranjit Chowdhry
Character: Anil
Mohan Gokhale
Character: Pontiac
Mohan Agashe
Character: Kanti Napkin

Tico Wells
Character: Dexter Williams
Yvette Hawkins
Character: Aunt Rose
Aanjjan Srivastav
Character: Jammubhai

Konga Mbandu
Character: Okelo
Sahira Nair
Character: Young Mina
Dipti Suthar
Character: Chanda

Varsha Thaker
Character: Kusumben
Ashok Lath
Character: Harry Patel
Natalie Oliver
Character: Alicia LeShay

Karen Pinkston
Character: Mrs. Robinson
Willy Cobs
Character: Skillet
Mira Nair
Character: Gossip Aunty #1

Rajika Puri
Character: Gossip Aunty #2
Sharon Williams
Character: Tadice
Cyreio Hughes
Character: DJ

Stacy Swinford
Character: Bubba
Rick Senn
Character: Piggly Wiggly Checker
Jim Haffey
Character: White Truck Driver

Dillon Rozell Gross
Character: Police Officer
Larry Haggard
Character: Joe
E. W. Colvin
Character: Grandcraw

Joyce Murrah
Character: Lady at Lusco's
Kevin McNeil
Character: Clarence
Rev. Fred Matthews
Character: Grandaddy

Mahlon Bouldin
Character: Student
Buddy St Amant
Character: Biloxi Cop
James Dale
Character: Businessman

Ben Burford
Character: Bank Manager
Sam Sherrill
Character: Phinias T. Turnbull
Alix Henry Sanders
Character: Barber

Jerone Wiggins
Character: James
Sadie Carr
Character: Mildred
Richard Crick
Character: White Customer

Alix W. Sanders
Character: Postman
Shung Moo Joe
Character: Chinese Customer
Hollis Pippin
Character: Sylvester Artiste III

Dewey Buffington
Character: Evangelist
Tony McGhee
Character: Rapper #1
J. D. Barrett
Character: Rapper #2

Tre'Demont Spearman
Character: Rapper #3
Argentina Moore
Character: Rapper #4
Nora Boland
Character: Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #1

Patsy Garrett
Character: Shop-at-Home Anchor Person #2
Michael Wawuyo
Character: Soldier on Bus
Phavin Parbario
Character: Young Jay

Emanuel Mudara
Character: Young Okelo
Immaculate Byakatonda
Character: Okelo's Mother
Amrit Panesar
Character: Mrs. Bedi

Jimmy Din
Character: Bharat
Bonnie M. Lubega
Character: Teacher
Sammy E. D. Senkumba
Character: Taxi Driver

Mayambala Ssekasi
Character: Prison Captain
Joseph Olita
Character: Idi Amin
Wilberforce Muteta
Character: Soldier at Roadblock


Production and Crew

L. Subramaniam
Original Music Composer
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography

Mitch Epstein
Production Design
Jefferson Sage
Art Direction

Jeanette Scott
Set Decoration

Ellen Lutter
Costume Designer

Susan Lyall
Costume Designer
Kinnari Panikar
Costume Designer
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Unit Production Manager

Eve Silvester
Unit Manager
Alex Griswold
Sound Mixer
Tommy Louie
Boom Operator

Maureen Farley
Property Master

David Crank
Charge Scenic Artist
Tula Goenka
Associate Editor

Marissa Littlefield
First Assistant Editor
Kenneth Walker
Hairstylist

Edna Sheen
Makeup Artist
Mary Ellen Porto
Sound Editor
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Lydia Dean Pilcher
Associate Producer
Mitch Epstein
Co-Producer
Cherie L. Rodgers
Executive Producer

Mira Nair
Producer