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Salaam Bombay! (1988) 7.8
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Reviews: 47 user | 27 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com The boy Krishna is abandoned by his mother at the Apollo Circus and she tells him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to pay for the bicycle of his brother that he ... See full summary » Director:Mira Nair |
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Cast
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Shafiq Syed | ... |
Krishna /
Chaipau
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Hansa Vithal | ... |
Manju Golub
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Chanda Sharma | ... |
Sola Saal
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Raghuvir Yadav | ... |
Chillum
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Anita Kanwar | ... |
Rekha Golub
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Nana Patekar | ... |
Baba Golub
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Anjaan | ... |
Child at the circus
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Amrit Patel | ... |
Circus Boss
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Murari Sharma | ... |
Ticket Seller
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Ram Moorti | ... |
Mad Man
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Sarfuddin Qureshi | ... |
Koyla
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Raju Barnad | ... |
Keera
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Irshad Hashmi | ... |
Chacha
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Mohanraj Babu | ... |
Salim
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Chandrashekhar Naidu | ... |
Chungal
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The boy Krishna is abandoned by his mother at the Apollo Circus and she tells him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to pay for the bicycle of his brother that he had trashed. Krishna is left behind by the circus and he takes a train to Bombay. Krishna is called Chaipau by the street children of Bombay and he works delivering and selling tea for Chacha, who owns a street bar. Krishna befriends the heroin addicted Chillum that sells drugs for the drug dealer and caftan Baba Golub, and the girl Manju Golub, who is the daughter of Baba with the prostitute Rekha Golub. Krishna dreams on saving 500 rupees to return home, but the life on the streets of Bombay is not easy. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Release Date:
7 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Salaam Bombay See more »Filming Locations:
Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaBox Office
Gross:
$2,080,046 (USA)Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
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Raghuvir Yadav actually is tickling Shafiq Syed, who didn't expect it, and his laughter is genuine. See more »Goofs
Krishna starts off with eight glasses of tea. One glass is broken by Sweet Sixteen when he offers her a drink. He is then seen walking back to the tea stand with eight full glasses, but when he gets back he has seven empty glasses. See more »Crazy Credits
Ending credits: no guts no glory 52 locations 52 days what problem? no problem See more »Soundtracks
"Hava Hawaii"(uncredited)
Written by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
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Came across this film on a Public channel last night, by mistake... or should I say, by luck! Amazing film, so many layers deep, it got me thinking. I've been a fan of Mira's work since "Mississippi Masala", but had never heard of Salaam Bombay. She demonstrates in this fine film a sense of lighting and composition that's nothing short then breathtaking. The locations were rich as the characters, the acting was touching and sincere... this is a film I won't forget.