Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1988-08-24
Runtime: 113 minutes
Director: Mira Nair
Revenue: $2,080,046 USD
Top Cast
- Shafiq Syed as Krishna / Chaipau
- Hansa Vithal as Manju Golub
- Chanda Sharma as Sola Saal
- Anita Kanwar as Rekha Golub
- Nana Patekar as Baba Golub
- Anjaan as Child at the Circus
- Amrit Patel as Circus Boss
- Irrfan Khan as Letter Writer
- Raghubir Yadav as Chillum
- Raju Bernad as Keera
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