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Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay!

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Salaam Bombay!

1988

1h 53m

7.3(128 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.

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Doordarshan

La Sept Cinéma

Mirabai Films

National Film Development Corporation of India

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Shafiq Syed

Krishna / Chaipau

Hansa Vithal

Manju Golub

Chanda Sharma

Sola Saal

Anita Kanwar

Rekha Golub

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar

Baba Golub

Anjaan

Child at the Circus

Amrit Patel

Circus Boss

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Letter Writer

Raghubir Yadav

Raghubir Yadav

Chillum

Raju Bernad

Keera

Creative team

Directed by: Mira Nair
Written by: Mira Nair
Sooni Taraporevala
Produced by: Mira Nair

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