Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay!

7.2 | 1988-08-24 | Crime Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Mira Nair Director
Sooni Taraporevala Screenplay
Mira Nair Story
Mira Nair Producer
L. Subramaniam Original Music Composer
Barry Alexander Brown Editor
Sandi Sissel Director of Photography
Hassan Kutty Casting
Mitch Epstein Production Design
Nitin Chandrakant Desai Art Direction

Cast

Shafiq Syed
Shafiq Syed
Krishna / Chaipau
Hansa Vithal
Hansa Vithal
Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma
Chanda Sharma
Sola Saal
Anita Kanwar
Anita Kanwar
Rekha Golub
Nana Patekar
Nana Patekar
Baba Golub
Anjaan
Anjaan
Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel
Amrit Patel
Circus Boss
Irrfan Khan
Irrfan Khan
Letter Writer

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