Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $2,080,046.00 |
| Original Language | hi |
| Popularity | 3.567 |
Directed By
Mira Nair
Crew
Mira Nair
L. Subramaniam
Mira Nair
Mira Nair
Barry Alexander Brown
Sooni Taraporevala
Nitish Roy
Sandi Sissel
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Mitch Epstein
Hassan Kutty
Michael Nozik
Harsh Mehta
Margaret Crimmins
Mary Ellen Porto
Hriday Lani
Ravie Sonie
Mary Ellen Porto
Rosemary Abitabile
Anil Tejani
Gabriel Auer
Cherie L. Rodgers
Dominique Dalmasso
Daniel Vaissaire
L. Subramaniam
Jane Balfour
Harish Amin
Syed Layaque Ali
Sooni Taraporevala
Dinaz Stafford
Radha Pal
Deepa Kakkar
Neil Gettinger
Sooni Taraporevala
Murari Sharma
Laure Sullivan
Nilita Vachani
Hiroo Keswani
Hassan Kutty
Mitch Epstein
Juan Rodriguez
Jonathan Liebling
Vijay Gautam
Lee Anthony MacNamara
Tula Goenka
Mitch Epstein
Nilita Vachani
TOP CAST
Shafiq Syed
Krishna / Chaipau
Hansa Vithal
Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma
Sola Saal
Anita Kanwar
Rekha Golub
Nana Patekar
Baba Golub
Anjaan
Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel
Circus Boss
Irrfan Khan
Letter Writer
Raghubir Yadav
Chillum
Raju Bernad
Keera
Chandrashekhar Naidu
Chungal
Sarfuddin Quarrassi
Koyla
Mohanraj Babu
Salim
Sanjana Kapoor
Reporter
Murari Sharma
Ticket Seller
Ram Moorti
Madman
Irshad Hashmi
Chacha
Kishan Thapa
Nepali Middleman
Shaukat Azmi
Madame
Haneef Zahoor
Bouncer
Jamila
Woman in Brothel
Ramesh Rai
Barber
Shaukat Inamdar
Crawford Market Shopkeeper
Neil Gettinger
American Big Dog
Yunus Parvez
Hashimbhai
Habib Azmi
Ganja Smoker at Gravy's
Ramesh Gohil
Customer at Rekha's House
Biswajeet Chatterjee
Hippie Guide
Ameer Bhai
Ravi
Ajju Kasam
Angry Man in Theatre
Double Battery Stafford
Woman in Theatre
Rana Singh
Sleazy Man in Theatre
Ali Bhai
Butcher at Crawford
Dinshaw Daji
Parsi Bawaji
Jayant Joshi
Tailor
Prashant Jaiswal
Coroner at Wedding
Joyce Barneto
Bride
Hassan Kutty
Bridegroom
Preshit Shringarpure
Fat Kid at Wedding
B. D. Sharma
Cop
Mohammed Ali
Handcuffed Man in Van
Dilip Das
Chiller Room Song Leader
Alfred Anthony
Lalua Chor
Ramesh Deshavani
Murtaza
Aanjjan Srivastav
Superintendent
Eric Paymaster
Superintendent's Echo
Sulabha Deshpande
Hemlata Joshi
Mohan Tantaru
Chillum II
Haroon Sheikh
Solasaal's First Customer
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