Salaam Bombay!

1988·Movie
1h 53min
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75/100
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7.9
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93|93

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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.
Indian NeorealismUrban PovertyChildhood TraumaSocial CommentaryComing-of-AgeGritty & PoignantBombay SlumsCultural ImmersionSurvival Story

Crew

Directed by:
Mira Nair, Nilita Vachani, Nilita Vachani
Written by:
Mira Nair, Hriday Lani, Sooni Taraporevala
Produced by:
Mira Nair, Michael Nozik, Harish Amin
Composed by:
Dominique Dalmasso, Mary Ellen Porto, Jonathan Liebling

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