Mississippi Masala
From the director of Monsoon Wedding
Passion. Tradition. Prejudice. Put it together, and you've got the recipe for a sexy irreverent romance. Starring Academy Award-winner (Best Actor in a Leading Role-Training Day, 2002 and Best Actor in a Supporting Role-Glory, 1990) Denzel Washington as Demetrius, a Southern businessman who falls in love with an Indian immigrant, Mississippi Masala is an exotic and erotic interracial love story.
Sarita Choudhury co-stars as Mina, whose Indian family was expelled from Uganda under the reign of dictator Idi Amin. Like the colorful Indian dish "masala", Mina is a hot, spicy mix of cultures. But when she and Demetrius fall in love, nothing in her past prepares them for the family outrage they face. A funny, fascinating glimpse into two tightly-knit communities, and a moving story that crosses the color barrier, Mississippi Masala is "wonderfully tender wryly funny...vibrantly sexy." (Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News).
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Learning Curve - cateintoronto
This isn't the best Mira Nair film I've seen - I enjoyed Namesake and Monsoon Wedding more. I have a feeling that she got better with more experience, as we all do at anything. That said, this is a very interesting film. It starts with Idi Amin's expulsion of Indians from Uganda - a story that has been undertold. The central love story takes place almost twenty years later in Mississippi. The feel of the movie is very realistic in costuming and sets. The plot is less realistic - the love story unfolds much too quickly to be believed. On the whole, though, the movie is very interesting. It explores themes of race and the meaning of home in the context of the Indian diaspora.a most tasty masala - paparufus
This is one of my all time favourite movies.
Sarita Choudhury is so sexy, Denzel is Denzel,
Roshan Seth is great as usual. The story is controversial for those with traditional Indian values. Denzel and Sarita fall in love much to the chagrin of the Indian community in Louisiana.
Great characters and great story carry this movie. Highly recommended.just ok - aisha_bee
i think the message of the movie gets a little confusing after a while. it moves slow and i couldn't decide if it was about patriotism, racism, or freedom. i thought the movie was filled with awkward scenes, those that also make the viewer feel a little uncomfortable, and i also really disliked the unecessary hints of nudity.
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Learning Curve - cateintoronto
This isn't the best Mira Nair film I've seen - I enjoyed Namesake and Monsoon Wedding more. I have a feeling that she got better with more experience, as we all do at anything. That said, this is a very interesting film. It starts with Idi Amin's expulsion ...a most tasty masala - paparufus
This is one of my all time favourite movies.
Sarita Choudhury is so sexy, Denzel is Denzel,
Roshan Seth is great as usual. The story is controversial for those with traditional Indian values. Denzel and Sarita fall in love much to the chagrin of the ...just ok - aisha_bee
i think the message of the movie gets a little confusing after a while. it moves slow and i couldn't decide if it was about patriotism, racism, or freedom. i thought the movie was filled with awkward scenes, those that also make the viewer feel a little uncomfortable, ...