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Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans.
Feb 5, 1992 · Mississippi Masala: Directed by Mira Nair. With Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Sharmila Tagore. An ethnic Indian family is expelled from Idi Amin's Uganda in 1972 and lives in Mississippi 17 years later.
Apr 11, 2022 · On ‘Mississippi Masala’’s 30th anniversary, director Mira Nair looks back on casting Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury and the real-life events that inspired scenes in the movie.
Jun 12, 2022 · Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington starred in Mira Nair's "Mississippi Masala," currently being rereleased by Criterion. Courtesy Janus Films. ‘Mississippi Masala’ was released 30 years...
Lydia Dean Pilcher. Director of photography. Ed Lachman. Production designer. Mitch Epstein. 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.
Feb 14, 1992 · Directed by. Mira Nair. The director Mira Nair made an unexpected discovery a few years ago: A lot of the independent motels in the Deep South are owned and operated by Asian Indians.
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.
May 25, 2022 · The possibility to live—and to love—across racial borders is the theme of Mira Nair’s extraordinarily prescient and sexy second feature film, Mississippi Masala (1991). Three decades later, it speaks to a new generation as groundbreaking filmic heritage—but also with an almost eerie, prophetic wisdom for how to live beyond the ...
May 4, 2022 · Coming off of the success of her feature film debut “Salaam Bombay!”, which was nominated for the Best International Film Oscar and won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, director Mira Nair followed up with the interracial romance “Mississippi Masala.”
Sep 6, 2022 · The 1991 film Mississippi Masala stars Sarita Choudhury and Denzel Washington as two very beautiful people who meet and unexpectedly find they're just right for each other. Directed by Mira...
