Masala (1991 film)
Masala is a Canadian drama film, directed by Srinivas Krishna and released in 1991.
The film stars Krishna as a character named Krishna, an orphan in Toronto whose parents and siblings were killed several years earlier in an airline explosion while travelling back to India for a family visit, and is now cleaning up his act after several years living on the streets as a drug addict and criminal. The film also stars Zohra Sehgal as his grandmother; Saeed Jaffrey in a triple role as his uncle Lallu, a postal worker named Hariprasad and the Hindu god Krishna; and Sakina Jaffrey as Rita, Hariprasad's daughter.
The film received the Samuelson Award at the Birmingham International Film and Television Festival in 1991, and Saeed Jaffrey received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 12th Genie Awards.
