Very Romeo and Juilet like love story seeped in cultural differences and misconceptions. Great film. Mira Nair is fantastic.
Anjan Srivastav, Anjan Srivastava, Ashok Lath
Mira Nair, the Indian director, scored an international art-house hit with her feature debut, Salaam Bombay!, a tale of life in the streets of seething urban India. Her next film was a surprisi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 27, 2003
Stats: 208 reviews
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July 29, 2009
Passion. Tradition. Prejudice. Put the three together, and they all get the recipe of a sexy, irreverent romance interracial romance called Mississippi Masala. Mina - the daughter of Indian immigrants who were expelled from Uganda under the reign of dictator Idi Amin and n...( read more)
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December 16, 2008
Another very beautiful movie by Mira Nair...not her best but still beautiful and very MMira Nairish.
Sarita Choudhry as Mina was pretty good but when it came to crying she just wasn't as good as she was in Kama Sutra: A tale of Love.
Denzel Washington was as good as ever!
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October 8, 2008
What a wonderful romance about interracial dating and love. People will see that even people of Color can be some bigots. Denzel and Sarita heat up the screen.
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