Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their Uganda home, twentysomething Mina finds herself co-operating a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. Her passionate romance with charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African-American communities.

Denzel Washington
as Demetrius Williams

Sarita Choudhury
as Mina

Roshan Seth
as Jay

Sharmila Tagore
as Kinnu

Charles S. Dutton
as Tyrone Williams

Joe Seneca
as Williben Williams

Ranjit Chowdhry
as Anil

Mohan Gokhale
as Pontiac

Mohan Agashe
as Kanti Napkin

Tico Wells
as Dexter Williams