Word: masala
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...small town brothers who lucked out to become two of the biggest incidental music composers to jam sitars in Bollywood, India, the largest commercial film industry in the world. During Bollywood's Golden Age in the 50s and 60s, the traditional Indian family drama gave way to the Masala (mixed spice) film, a particulars brand of brownsploitation filled, as the liner notes entice, "with Kung-fu, gunfights, car chases, loose women, badass hoods in smoke-filled opium dens and of course the good guys." This collection of never-been-released music from the original motion pictures, unearthed from a Bollywood...
...Mississippi Masala...
Imtiyaz Hussein, a member of MASALA--a South Asian gay and lesbian group--was another speaker...
...actor, noted for parts in movies ranging from Philadelphia to Crimson Tide, won an Oscar in 1989 for his portrayal of "Trip" in Glory and garnered NAACP Image Awards for his leading roles in Malcolm X and Mississippi Masala...
...contain or adequately characterize The Perez Family in a plot summary. For, writer Robin Swicord (Little Women) and director Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala) have crammed their film to bursting with wayward characters and strangely arresting incongruities. Nair has called the movie "an overripe mango," and that's as good a metaphor as any for a juicy, messy, exotic and utterly delicious treat...