Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay!

113 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 24, 1988

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.

Salaam Bombay!

113 mins | Drama, Crime | Aug. 24, 1988

Salaam Bombay!
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Mirabai Films, Film4 Productions, La Sept Cinéma, Forum Films, National Film Development Corporation of India, Doordarshan, Cadrage
Original title Salaam Bombay!
Directors Nilita Vachani, Dinaz Stafford, Hassan Kutty, Mira Nair
Writers Hriday Lani, Mira Nair, Sooni Taraporevala

Cast

Shafiq Syed

as Krishna / Chaipau

Hansa Vithal

as Manju Golub

Chanda Sharma

as Sola Saal

Anita Kanwar

as Rekha Golub

Nana Patekar

as Baba Golub

Anjaan

as Child at the Circus

Amrit Patel

as Circus Boss

Irrfan Khan

as Letter Writer

Raghubir Yadav

as Chillum

Raju Bernad

as Keera

Mohanraj Babu

as Salim

Sanjana Kapoor

as Reporter

Murari Sharma

as Ticket Seller

Ram Moorti

as Madman

Irshad Hashmi

as Chacha

Kishan Thapa

as Nepali Middleman

Shaukat Azmi

as Madame

Haneef Zahoor

as Bouncer

Jamila

as Woman in Brothel

Ramesh Rai

as Barber

Shaukat Inamdar

as Crawford Market Shopkeeper

Neil Gettinger

as American Big Dog

Yunus Parvez

as Hashimbhai

Habib Azmi

as Ganja Smoker at Gravy's

Ramesh Gohil

as Customer at Rekha's House

Biswajeet Chatterjee

as Hippie Guide

Ameer Bhai

as Ravi

Ajju Kasam

as Angry Man in Theatre

Double Battery Stafford

as Woman in Theatre

Rana Singh

as Sleazy Man in Theatre

Ali Bhai

as Butcher at Crawford

Dinshaw Daji

as Parsi Bawaji

Jayant Joshi

as Tailor

Prashant Jaiswal

as Coroner at Wedding

Joyce Barneto

as Bride

Hassan Kutty

as Bridegroom

Preshit Shringarpure

as Fat Kid at Wedding

B. D. Sharma

as Cop

Mohammed Ali

as Handcuffed Man in Van

Dilip Das

as Chiller Room Song Leader

Alfred Anthony

as Lalua Chor

Ramesh Deshavani

as Murtaza

Aanjjan Srivastav

as Superintendent

Eric Paymaster

as Superintendent's Echo

Sulabha Deshpande

as Hemlata Joshi

Mohan Tantaru

as Chillum II

Haroon Sheikh

as Solasaal's First Customer