Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay! (1988)


  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1988-08-24
  • User Rating: 7.2/10 from 100 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Doordarshan
  • Production Country: France, India, United Kingdom
  • Director: Mira Nair
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Summary

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.

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  • 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
  • Chandrashekhar Naidu

    as Chungal
  • Sarfuddin Quarrassi

    as Koyla
  • 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
Directing Mira Nair Director
Writing Mira Nair Story
Sound L. Subramaniam Original Music Composer
Production Mira Nair Producer
Writing Sooni Taraporevala Screenplay
Editing Barry Alexander Brown Editor
Camera Sandi Sissel Director of Photography
Art Mitch Epstein Production Design
Art Nitish Roy Art Direction
Production Hassan Kutty Casting
Art Nitin Chandrakant Desai Art Direction
Writing Sooni Taraporevala Story
Production Michael Nozik Executive Producer
Production Anil Tejani Executive Producer
Production Vijay Gautam Production Manager
Camera Hiroo Keswani Second Assistant Camera
Camera Sooni Taraporevala Still Photographer
Directing Hassan Kutty First Assistant Director
Camera Lee Anthony MacNamara First Assistant Camera
Sound Neil Gettinger Boom Operator
Production Gabriel Auer Executive Producer
Directing Dinaz Stafford Second Assistant Director
Camera Harsh Mehta Assistant Camera
Art Radha Pal Assistant Art Director
Editing Mary Ellen Porto Assistant Editor
Sound Jonathan Liebling Foley Artist
Sound Mary Ellen Porto Sound Editor
Editing Tula Goenka Assistant Editor
Crew Daniel Vaissaire Post Production Supervisor
Production Mitch Epstein Co-Producer
Production Jane Balfour Associate Producer
Camera Mitch Epstein Second Unit Director of Photography
Sound L. Subramaniam Conductor
Sound Laure Sullivan Assistant Sound Editor
Writing Hriday Lani Dialogue
Crew Ravie Sonie Production Controller
Sound Margaret Crimmins Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Rosemary Abitabile Apprentice Sound Editor
Sound Dominique Dalmasso Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Production Cherie L. Rodgers Co-Executive Producer
Art Murari Sharma Assistant Art Director
Sound Juan Rodriguez Location Sound Mixer
Directing Nilita Vachani Second Assistant Director
Directing Nilita Vachani Script Supervisor
Production Harish Amin Production Manager
Camera Syed Layaque Ali Third Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up Deepa Kakkar Costume Design

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