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Salaam Bombay!

  • 19881988
  • K-12K-12
  • 1h 53m
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7.9/10
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Shafiq Syed in Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
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Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.

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  • Director
    • Mira Nair
  • Writers
    • Mira Nair(story by)
    • Sooni Taraporevala(story by)
    • Hriday Lani(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Shafiq Syed
    • Anjaan
    • Amrit Patel
  • Director
    • Mira Nair
  • Writers
    • Mira Nair(story by)
    • Sooni Taraporevala(story by)
    • Hriday Lani(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Shafiq Syed
    • Anjaan
    • Amrit Patel
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 72User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Shafiq Syed
    Shafiq Syed
    • Krishna…
    Anjaan
    • Kid at Circus
    Amrit Patel
    Amrit Patel
    • Circus Boss
    Murari Sharma
    • Ticket Seller
    Ram Murthy
    • Mad Man
    • (as Ram Moorti)
    Sarfuddin Qureshi
    • Koyla
    • (as Sarfuddin Quarassi)
    Raju Barnad
    • Keera
    Raghuvir Yadav
    Raghuvir Yadav
    • Chillum
    • (as Raghubir Yadav)
    Anita Kanwar
    Anita Kanwar
    • Rekha Golub
    • (as Aneeta Kanwar)
    Nana Patekar
    Nana Patekar
    • Baba Golub
    Irshad Hashmi
    Irshad Hashmi
    • Chacha
    Hansa Vithal
    Hansa Vithal
    • Manju
    Mohanraj Babu
    • Salim
    Chandrashekhar Naidu
    • Chungal
    Krishna Thapa
    • Nepali Middleman
    • (as Kishan Thapa)
    Jamila
    • Woman at Brothel
    Chanda Sharma
    Chanda Sharma
    • Sola Saal
    Ramesh Rai
    • Barber
    • Director
      • Mira Nair
    • Writers
      • Mira Nair(story by)
      • Sooni Taraporevala(story by) (screenplay by)
      • Hriday Lani(dialogue)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Irrfan Khan made an appearance in this film as a writer, one of his first appearances.
    • Goofs
      The day Chaipav escapes the Child Reformation Home, the Superintendent and his assistant are watching the Semi-Final of the 1987 Cricket World Cup (as evident from the commentary), which was held on 5th November, 1987. But when Chaipav returns to the red-light district the same day, a procession can be seen carrying a huge Ganpati idol, so the day must be Ganesh Chaturthi (installation day) or Anant Chaturdashi (Ganpati Visarjan- immersion day). However, in 1987, the dates for Ganesh Chaturthi and Anant Chaturdashi were 28th August and 6th September, respectively. Thus, the semi-final and Ganesh Chaturthi/Visarjan did not take place on the same day.
    • Quotes

      Rekha Golub: [To Baba] Just like a customer.

    • Crazy credits
      Ending credits: no guts no glory 52 locations 52 days what problem? no problem
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Alien Nation/Elvira: Mistress of the Dark/Imagine: John Lennon/Salaam Bombay/Track 29 (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Chin Chin Chu
      (uncredited)

      Written by O.P. Nayyar

    User reviews72

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    9/10
    one of the best about India - from India...watch it.
    i have been late in watching it, but after watching it u feel that you can never be late in watching such a movie. The movie is excellent. Perhaps Mira Nair's best. I was particularly moved by the story and the picturization. you see the striking poverty and its madness, but Mira has been brilliant to show life in it. a lost boy in a big city with a dream to get back home, keeps himself in control, while everything around him is so much polluted with drugs, and prostitution. Poverty is never neat, in the movie also it is validly not shown as such. But the innocence and strength of children, and them growing up in such conditions, makes them more enduring than adults. to say the least the movie is all about life. it is there to show that no matter how hard it is, life exists in slums, in poverty, and people are living it. the movie is a collectors item. one of the best about India - from India...watch it. Salaam Bombay.
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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1989 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • India
      • United States
      • France
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Salaam Baalak Trust
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hello Bombay!
    • Filming locations
      • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
    • Production companies
      • Mirabai Films
      • Film Four International
      • National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,080,046
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,080,758
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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