Salaam Bombay! 1988  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Shafiq Syed, Sarfuddin Qureshi, Raju Barnad, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Hansa Vithal, Mohanraj Babu, Chanda Sharma, Chandrashekhar Naidu, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma, Ram Moorti, Irshad Hashmi, Anjaan
This is Mira Nair's first feature film, and actual street children of Bombay were used in its telling. The film was shot entirely on location and tells the story of life on the streets. Homeless 10-year-old Krishna (Shafiq Syed), after being kicked out of his family, joins a circus. Now, abandoned by the circus, Krishna arrives in Bombay where he delivers tea, hoping to earn enough money to return home and convince his mother to accept him. Krishna is befriended by drug dealer Chillum (Raghuvir Yadav) and becomes involved in the world of prostitution, thieves, and other homeless children as his dreams of returning home dwindle. It is a powerful, if often sad, masterpiece. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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