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.
Title:Salaam Bombay!
Year:1988
Country:France, India, United Kingdom
Studio:Doordarshan, Cadrage, Forum Films, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, National Film Development Corporation of India, Film4 Productions
Cast:Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Anjaan
Crew:Mira Nair (Director), Sooni Taraporevala (Screenplay), Mira Nair (Story), Mira Nair (Producer), L. Subramaniam (Original Music Composer), Barry Alexander Brown (Editor)
Keyword:prostitution, drugs, street life, woman director
Release: Aug 24, 1988
Runtime: 113 minutes
IMDb: 7.266 / 10 by 107 users
Popularity: 1.0392
Budget: $0
Revenue: $2080046
Language: English, हिन्दी
