Salaam Bombay!
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1988-08-24
Runtime: 113 mins
Director: Mira Nair
Spoken language: English, हिन्दी
Genres: Crime, Drama
Original title: Salaam Bombay!
Production Companies: Doordarshan, Cadrage, Forum Films, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, National Film Development Corporation of India, Film4 Productions
Production Countries: France, India, United Kingdom
Cast
Shafiq Syed
Hansa Vithal
Chanda Sharma
Anita Kanwar
Nana Patekar
Anjaan
Amrit Patel
Irrfan Khan
Raghubir Yadav
Raju Bernad
Chandrashekhar Naidu
Sarfuddin Quarrassi
Mohanraj Babu
Sanjana Kapoor
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