Salaam Bombay!

7.3 / 10

(112 votes)

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.

Country:

France,

India,

United Kingdom

Genre:

Crime,

Drama

Duration:

113 minutes

Year:

1988

Director:

Mira Nair

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Company:

Doordarshan,

Cadrage,

Forum Films,

La Sept Cinéma,

Mirabai Films,

National Film Development Corporation of India,

Film4 Productions

Cast:
Shafiq Syed

Krishna / Chaipau

Hansa Vithal

Manju Golub

Chanda Sharma

Sola Saal

Anita Kanwar

Rekha Golub

Nana Patekar

Baba Golub

Crew:
Mira Nair

Director

L. Subramaniam

Original Music Composer

Mira Nair

Producer

Mira Nair

Story

Barry Alexander Brown

Editor