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Mississippi Masala

1991 · 118 min · Director: Mira Nair ★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,702 ratings

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An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.

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Mississippi Masala (1991) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Empathy 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Love
  1. Love30%
  2. Hope10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Empathy, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Empathy and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Empathy
  • Sadness
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Empathy

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Sadness
Love
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 23 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityEmpathySadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension75 %67 %60 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sadness71 %61 %59 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor56 %43 %41 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Humor45 %33 %27 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Humor41 %26 %16 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Love43 %20 %9 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Humor44 %23 %13 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Humor44 %29 %16 %35 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Love51 %38 %21 %46 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Love64 %38 %19 %63 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Love68 %28 %10 %66 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Love64 %31 %20 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Tension70 %53 %44 %35 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Tension80 %70 %59 %24 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Empathy80 %74 %65 %19 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Sadness76 %71 %68 %20 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Sadness75 %69 %63 %36 %
87.5 %≈ 103′Love79 %71 %63 %59 %
92.5 %≈ 109′Sadness85 %78 %73 %67 %
97.5 %≈ 115′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Icarus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

ST
Sharmila Tagore

Kinnu

Charles S. Dutton

Tyrone Williams

JS
Joe Seneca

Williben Williams

RC
Ranjit Chowdhry

Anil

MG
Mohan Gokhale

Pontiac

MA
Mohan Agashe

Kanti Napkin

TW
Tico Wells

Dexter Williams

YH
Yvette Hawkins

Aunt Rose

AS
Aanjjan Srivastav

Jammubhai

KM
Konga Mbandu

Okelo

SN
Sahira Nair

Young Mina

DS
Dipti Suthar

Chanda

VT
Varsha Thaker

Kusumben

AL
Ashok Lath

Harry Patel

NO
Natalie Oliver

Alicia LeShay

KP
Karen Pinkston

Mrs. Robinson

WC
Willy Cobbs

Skillet

Details

Directed by
Mira Nair
Written by
Sooni Taraporevala
Type
Movies
Released
1991
Runtime
118 min
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Genres
Drama, Romance
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 7,702 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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