Which Oscar-nominated film was written by the screenwriter who wrote a 1991 romantic drama based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala?
Mississippi Masala Mississippi Masala is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores interracial romance between African Americans and Indian Americans in the United States.
Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( born 15 September 1950) is an Indo-Canadian film director and screenwriter, most known for her Elements Trilogy, "Fire" (1996), "Earth" (1998), and "Water" (2005); among which "Earth" was sent by India as its official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and "Water" was Canada's official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, making it only the third non-French-language Canadian film submitted in that category after Attila Bertalan's 1990 invented-language film "A Bullet to the Head" and Zacharias Kunuk's 2001 Inuktitut-language feature "", and the first to receive an Oscar nomination.