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Title: Salaam Bombay! (1988)
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| Shafiq Syed | ... | Krishna / Chaipau | |
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Hansa Vithal | ... | Manju Golub |
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Chanda Sharma | ... | Sola Saal |
| Raghuvir Yadav | ... | Chillum (as Raghubir Yadav) | |
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Anita Kanwar | ... | Rekha Golub (as Aneeta Kanwar) |
| Nana Patekar | ... | Baba Golub | |
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Anjaan | ... | Child at the circus |
| Amrit Patel | ... | Circus Boss | |
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Murari Sharma | ... | Ticket Seller |
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Ram Murthy | ... | Mad Man (as Ram Moorti) |
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Sarfuddin Qureshi | ... | Koyla (as Sarfuddin Quarassi) |
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Raju Barnad | ... | Keera |
| Irshad Hashmi | ... | Chacha | |
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Mohanraj Babu | ... | Salim |
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Chandrashekhar Naidu | ... | Chungal |
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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A brilliant but sad film in which we follow abandoned Krishna on his quest to make enough money to return to his village. Along the way we meet the street kids, prostitutes, pimps and dealers he shares everyday life with.
An amazing aspect is that all the child actors in the film are real street kids picked after attending workshops run by Nair and friends. In particular the central performances of Krishna, Manju and Coalpiece (his songs!) are superb. Despite their hardships there are some great moments when you see glimpses of the playful kids within.
The film never wanders into over-sentimentality and at times its hard to believe you're not watching a documentary. Hindi-film music and escapism seeps into everyday life, actors mingle with ordinary people and the whole film is shot in real locations around Mumbai that just drip with atmosphere. This sadly includes the chiller room which was filmed as they found it along with the soul-crushing 'Flowers that never bloom' prayer.
The story wanders and can be slow but this only serves to draw you into their world and leave you sad and angry at the end - at the loss of childhood for these kids and countless others. Still relevant today.