Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala firimu ya katemba ey'omukwano eyafulumizibwa mu 1991 nga yalagirwa Mira Nair, nga yeesigamiziddwa ku nsengeka ya Sooni Taraporevala nga yazannyibwa Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury ne Roshan Seth . Firimu eno esinga kubeera mu byalo bya Mississippi, enoonyereza ku mukwano ogw’amawanga wakati w’omusajja Omufirika ate Omumerika n’omukazi Omuyindi ate Omumerika .

Yafulumizibwa mu Bufalansa nga 18 gw'omwenda 1991, mu Bungereza nga 17 ogw'oluberyeberye 1992 ne mu Amerika nga 5 Ogwokubiri 1992. Firimu eno yafuna dollar za America 7,332,515  ku box office. Firimu eno yagatibwa ku The Criterion Collection nga mu Ogwokutaano nga 24, 2022. 

 Ekinyusi kya firimu 
Mu 1972, nnakyemalira Idi Amin yassaawo enkola y’okugoba abantu ba Buyindi mu Uganda n’amaanyi . Jay ne mukyala we Kinnu, ne muwala waabwe Mina, famire y’Abayindi Bannayuganda ababeera mu Kampala, bakaaba amaziga nga tebaagala kava mu maka gaabwe kusenguka. Oluvannyuma lw’okumala emyaka mitono mu Bungereza, famire eno yabeera mu Greenwood, Mississippi okubeera n’agamu maka amanene agalina  motel enyingi eyo. Wadde ekiseera kigenda kiyitawo, Jay yali  takkiriza ngeri gyeyava mu mu nsi ye mu bwangu bwatyo, era nga tasobola kumanyira ngeri  Abamerika gye batambuzamu obulamu bwabwe . era alinda olunaku lwalidda ne famire ye e Kampala. Ebiva mu bwannakyemalira bwa Amin byareetera Jay obutabeera na bwesige mu baddugavu.

Mina amanyirala ddala obuwangwa bw’Abamerika era alina ekibinja ky’emikwano egy’enjawulo. Awulira nga talina kyakola kuba bazadde be bagala akolagane n’abantu b’omu kitundu kyabwe bokka. Agwa mu mukwano ne Demetrius, Omufirika Omumerika ow’omu kitundu kino  omukozi ayoza  kapeti. Mina akimanyi nti bazadde be tebajja kumukkiriza era omukwano agukuuma nga gwa kyama. Ababiri bano basalawo okumala wiikendi  nga bali bombi mu Biloxi, gye balabibwa abantu b’omu kitundu ky’Abayindi, era olugambo ne lutandika okusaasaana. Jay asunguwadde era aswadde, era n’agaana Mina okuddamu okulaba Demetrius. Mina era ayolekagana n’obutayagala mu ngeri  entegeka era ey’olwatu okuva mu kitundu kya Demeteriyo. Demetrius ayolekedde Jay, abikkula by’ayitamu n’engeri gye yayisibwamu  n'obusosoze mu Uganda, ekiviiriddeko Demetrius okuyita Jay ku bunnanfuusi bwe. Mu nkomerero, amaka gombi tegasobola kukkaanya mu bujjuvu n’ababiri bano ab’amawanga ag’enjawulo, abadduka mu gavumenti nga bali wamu mu kabangali ya Demetrius.

Jay by’ayagala ku nkomerero bituukirira bw’agenda e Kampala okwetaba mu musango gwa kkooti ku ngeri gyebakola mu ennyumba ye gye yawambibwako emabegako. Kyokka ng’ali mu ggwanga, alaba engeri gye likyuse n’ategeera nti takyamanyddwa mu nsi gye yazaalibwa. Jay akomawo mu Amerika n’alekawo ekirooto kye ekyiludde ng’akuzibwa eky'okudda mu Uganda, ensi gye yali atwala ng’awaka. Wabula nga tannadda waka, akola emirembe n’abaddugavu, ng’akutte omwana omuto ow’omunn Uganda  ku muzannyo gw’oku nguudo.

 Abazannyi 
 Denzel Washington as Demetrius Williams
 Sarita Choudhury as Mina
Sahira Nair as young 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
 Konga Mbadu as Okelo
 Mohan Agashe as Kanti Napkin
 Tico Wells as Dexter Williams
 Yvette Hawkins as Aunt Rose
 Anjan Srivastav as Jammubhai (as Anjan Srivastava)
 Natalie Oliver-Atherton as Alicia LeShay (as Natalie Oliver)
 Mira Nair as Gossip 1
 Rajika Puri as Gossip 2
 Richard Crick as Hotel Customer
 Michael Wawuyo as Soldier on Bus
 Joseph Olita as Idi Amin

 Okufulumya 
Script eno yawandiikibwa mu Brooklyn, New York, oluvannyuma lw’okunoonyereza okwakolebwa Nair, Taraporevala, ne ttiimu yaabwe mu Mississippi ne Kampala . Mu kunoonyereza mu Mississippi, Nair yasisinkana omuyonja kapeti ayitibwa Demetrius era n’asalawo okumufula omutwe omukulu mu film. Ben Kingsley yasooka okuzanya nga  taata wa Mina, kyokka yamaliriza ng’avudde mu pulojekiti eno, ekyaleetera abaasooka okuwagira firimu eno okulekera awo. Nair yasobodde okufuna abavugirivi aba empya oluvannyuma lwa Denzel Washington okulondebwa okuzannya ekifo kya Demetrius. Oluvannyuma yayogera nti yasanga okunyigirizibwa okw’amaanyi okuva mu bavugirizi nti alondde abazungu bakulembere firimu okusinga Abayindi oba Abafirika Abamerika. Ebifo mu firimu byali bya Mississippi mu bibuga Greenwood, Grenada, Biloxi, ne Ocean Springs . Ebifo mu firimu byali bya mu Kampala mu Uganda, omuli n’ewa Nair.​ Wadde nga wooteeri ya Monte Cristo yali bizinensi eyaliwo eyalondebwa Nair n’omukugu mu kukola firimu Mitch Epstein okukwata ebifaananyi, abakozi abakola firimu eno baayongerako langi ya kiragala omukwafu ebweru okusobola okufanagana ekifo kya Uganda ekirabika obulungi.

Firimu eno yakolebwa Nair ne bba we mu kiseera ekyo, Mitch Epstein, ng’obufumbo bugenda busasika. Bwe yali anoonyereza ku firimu eno mu Uganda mu 1989, Nair yasisinkana munnabyabufuzi Munnayuganda nga asibuka mu Buyindi, Mahmood Mamdani; baafumbirigana mu 1991, era mutabani waabwe Zohran (oluvannyuma eyalondebwa okuba meeya w’ekibuga New York) yazaalibwa mu Kampala mu mwaka gwe gumu.

 Okukkirizibwa kwa firimu 
Ku mukutu gwa Rotten Tomatoes ogukung’aanya okwekenneenya, ebitundu 92% ku 74 bagamba nti birungi, nga balina ekipimo  ekya 7.6 ku 10. Enzikiriziganya y'omukutu guno esoma nti: "Sarita Choudhury ne Denzel Washington balina omukwano gwamanyi mu Mississippi Masala,  Mira Nair olw'okwetegereza eraba obuwangwa obwe'njawulo obulwanagana."[9] Metacritic, ekozesa ekigero ekizitowa, yawa firimu eno obubonero 78 ku 100, okusinziira ku bavumirira 31, ekiraga "okutwalira awamu ebirungi" okwekenneenya.

Vincent Canby owa The New York Times yawandiika nti:

Mississippi Masala erabika yakolebwa ku mbalirira entono (ku mutindo gwa Hollywood), naye firimu nnene mu bitone, ebifo mweyazannyirwa  n’ensonga ezaazanyibwa. Obusosoze mu mawanga si nsonga nkulu, waakiri ku ngulu. Mina ne Demetrius balina okulwanyisa endowooza y'okulemererwa okukwatagana n'obuwangwa obupya nti, olw’ensonga ez’enjawulo, kufuuse ekitundu ku busika bwa buli omu.

Peter Rainer owa Los Angeles Times yawandiika nti, "Wadde nga bingi ku siteegi byali bizibu, n'obutafaanagana mu script, firimu eno ekuweereza okuwulira ng'abantu abatuufu mu bulamu bwa bulijjo. 

Bruce Williamson owa Playboy yawandiika nti, "okujjukira ebyayitta, okuva mu bijjukizo ebirungi ebya Afrika okutuudda mu embeera embi ey'obulamu bw'omu bibuga ebitono eby'obugwanjuba, Masala --ekigambo kino kitegeeza ekintu ekyamanyi, ogw'embala ez'enjawulo--katemba wa mawanga alina obuwoomi obw'amaanyi obw'oluvannyuma."

 Engule n'ebitiibwa 

 1993 engule ya NAACP Image Award olw’omuzannyi asinga mu firimu – Denzel Washington
 1991 Ekivvulu kya firimu eky’ensi yonna ekya São Paulo – Mira Nair, engule ey’enjawulo ey’abavumirira
 1991 Ekivvulu kya firimu eky’ensi yonna ekya Venice eky’omulundi ogwa 48 – Golden Osella Omuzannyo ogusinga obulungi ogw’olubereberye – Sooni Taraporevala; Golden Ciak/Firimu Esinga – Mira Nair

 Emikutu gy’amawulire egy’awaka 
Nga 24, 2022, The Criterion Collection yafulumya Mississippi Masala mu ngeri empya eya 4K edition ku Blu-ray ne DVD. Mu ngeri ye njawulo omuli yintaviyu empya okuva ewa Nair, Taraporevala, production designer n'omukubi w’ebifaananyi Mitch Epstein, na akwata  firimu Edward Lachman.

 Ebijuliziddwa 

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 Ebijuliziddwa wa bweru wa wikipedia 

 Mississippi Masala at IMDb
 Mississippi Masala at Box Office Mojo
 Mississippi Masala at Rotten Tomatoes
 Mississippi Masala at the TCM Movie Database
 Mississippi Masala: The Ocean of Comings and Goings an essay by Bilal Qureshi at the Criterion Collection
 Official trailer