Salaam Bombay! (1988)
113 min
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.
- Release date
- May 20, 1988
- Country of origin
- France, United Kingdom, India
- Budget
- $450,000
- Box office
- $7,434,176
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Trailer
Cast
- Shafiq Syed as Krishna
- Anita Kanwar as Rekha Golub
- Nana Patekar as Baba Golub
- Anjaan as Kid at Circus
- Amrit Patel as Circus Boss
- Irrfan Khan as Letter Writer
- Raghubir Yadav as Chillum
- Sanjana Kapoor as Reporter
- Shaukat Azmi as Madame
- Yunus Parvez as Hashimbhai
- Biswajeet Chatterjee as Hippie Guide
- Shafiq Syed as Chaipau
- Murari Sharma as Ticket Seller
- Ram Murthy as Mad Man
- Sarfuddin Qureshi as Koyla
- Raju Barnad as Keera
Crew
- Mira Nair · Director
- Mira Nair · Writer
- Sooni Taraporevala · Writer
- Hriday Lani · Writer
- Mira Nair · Producer
- L. Subramaniam · Composer
- Sandi Sissel · Cinematographer
- Barry Alexander Brown · Editor
- Hassan Kutty · Casting director
- Mitch Epstein · Production designer