Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay!

1988-08-24 - 113 minutes

7.27 / 10

Overview

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.

Screenplay

Director - Mira Nair

Genres

Crime

Drama

Videos

Mark Kermode reviews Salaam Bo

Featurette

Salaam Bombay! (1988) ORIGINAL

Trailer

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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

Murari Sharma

Murari Sharma

Ticket Seller

Kishan Thapa

Kishan Thapa

Nepali Middleman

Jamila

Jamila

Woman in Brothel

Shaukat Inamdar

Shaukat Inamdar

Crawford Market Shopkeeper

Neil Gettinger

Neil Gettinger

American Big Dog

Yunus Parvez

Yunus Parvez

Hashimbhai

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