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Salaam Bombay! (1988)
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7 October 1988 (USA) morePlot:
The story of Krishna, Manju, Chillum and the other children on the streets of Bombay. Sometimes they can get a temporary job sellng tea... more | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
Indian Director Named Berlinale Jury President(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 November 2001)
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Haunting moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Shafiq Syed | ... | Krishna / Chaipau | |
| Hansa Vithal | ... | Manju Golub | |
| Chanda Sharma | ... | Sola Saal | |
| Raghuvir Yadav | ... | Chillum (as Raghubir Yadav) | |
| Anita Kanwar | ... | Rekha Golub (as Aneeta Kanwar) | |
| Nana Patekar | ... | Baba Golub | |
| Anjaan | ... | Child at the circus | |
| Amrit Patel | ... | Circus Boss | |
| Murari Sharma | ... | Ticket Seller | |
| Ram Moorti | ... | Mad Man | |
| Sarfuddin Qureshi | ... | Koyla (as Sarfuddin Quarassi) | |
| Raju Barnad | ... | Keera | |
| Irshad Hashmi | |||
| Mohanraj Babu | ... | Salim | |
| Chandrashekhar Naidu | ... | Chungal |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
113 min | UK:109 min | Argentina:112 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) | Australia:M | Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Sweden:11 | UK:15Filming Locations:
Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaFun Stuff
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Most of the young actors who appeared in the film were actual street children. They received dramatic training at a special workshop in Bombay before they appeared in the film. moreGoofs:
Continuity: 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. moreFAQ
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This is one of the single most powerful films I've ever seen. Having been to India several times and knowing to an extent what it's like for the poor kids that have to make it on the streets, it really gets to me. I know that it received quite a bit of critical acclaim when it came out, but I didn't discover it until recently, and, judging from the number of votes that its gotten on this site, it doesn't seem as though too many people have seen it. I hope more people do; these kids don't have much of a voice in their own country, let alone the rest of the world, but movies like this give them one and it should be heard by everyone.