Mississippi Masala

language

There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('wanker', 'bitch', 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'hell', 'God', 'damn' and 'butt').

sex

A couple have sex, which is accompanied by brief sexualised breast nudity. There are also milder verbal references to sex.

discrimination

Scenes of racism are indicative of the historical periods in which the film set, which include 1970s Uganda and Mississippi in the 1990s. There are scenes of racist behaviour, including use of racist language (e.g. 'n****r'), but such terms are said in a second-hand manner as opposed to directed at a person, or are used in a reclaimed way (e.g. 'coloured', 'darkie'). There is also infrequent moderate violence and threat, as well as verbal references to racism and discrimination, which points to racial tensions between Indian and African-American communities. For example, an Indian man attacks a Black man and contributes to his brief arrest after learning of his relationship with an Indian woman known to him. Overall, however, the film clearly condemns racist and discriminatory attitudes.

There are brief bloody images during a woman's nightmare in which she imagines a man found dead, his face bloodied and surrounded by flies. There are also moderate verbal references to drug taking.

Classified Date:

13/01/1992

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Palace Pictures

strong language, brief sex, racism

Classified Date:

04/10/2022

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

language

There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('wanker', 'bitch', 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'hell', 'God', 'damn' and 'butt').

sex

A couple have sex, which is accompanied by brief sexualised breast nudity. There are also milder verbal references to sex.

discrimination

Scenes of racism are indicative of the historical periods in which the film set, which include 1970s Uganda and Mississippi in the 1990s. There are scenes of racist behaviour, including use of racist language (e.g. 'n****r'), but such terms are said in a second-hand manner as opposed to directed at a person, or are used in a reclaimed way (e.g. 'coloured', 'darkie'). There is also infrequent moderate violence and threat, as well as verbal references to racism and discrimination, which points to racial tensions between Indian and African-American communities. For example, an Indian man attacks a Black man and contributes to his brief arrest after learning of his relationship with an Indian woman known to him. Overall, however, the film clearly condemns racist and discriminatory attitudes.

There are brief bloody images during a woman's nightmare in which she imagines a man found dead, his face bloodied and surrounded by flies. There are also moderate verbal references to drug taking.

Classified Date:

12/03/1992

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Palace Video

Classified Date:

09/01/1992

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Palace Pictures

Classified Date:

05/10/2022

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Classified Date:

04/10/2022

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Classified Date:

03/10/2022

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Classified Date:

03/10/2022

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Classified Date:

03/10/2022

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Classified date

04/10/2022
Language

English

Director(s)

Mira Nair

Production Year

1991

Genre(s)

Drama, Romance

Approx. running minutes

117m

Cast

Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, Roshan Seth, Charles S. Dutton