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Shafiq Syed (born 1976) is an Indian auto rickshaw driver and former child actor. At the age of twelve, he played the lead role in Mira Nair's Academy Award-nominated film Salaam Bombay! (1988), for which he also received the 1989 National Film Award for Best Child Artist at the 36th National Film Awards.
Shafiq Sayed, who played Krishna in the film, is currently living as an auto rickshaw driver in Bangalore. Initially, Cadrage, Channel Four Films, Doordarshan, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films and the National Film Development Corporation of India paid for the production of the film.
May 16, 2020 · Shafique Syed. In the film, Krishna AKA Chaipau chases dreams, money, takes up daily-wage jobs only to end up with nothing by the climax of the film. In an interview with the Telegraph in 2012, he admitted that his life sadly is similar to the reality of Salaam Bombay. Chaipav.
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Shafiq Syed. Actor: Salaam Bombay!. Syed grew up in the slum of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, India. He comes to Bombay with some of the friends at his childhood and later years, he lived there as one of the pedestrians living on the pavement near Churchgate Railway Station.
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Oct 7, 1988 · Salaam Bombay!: Directed by Mira Nair. With Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma. Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
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Shafiq Syed. Actor: Salaam Bombay!. Syed grew up in the slum of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, India. He comes to Bombay with some of the friends at his childhood and later years, he lived there as one of the pedestrians living on the pavement near Churchgate Railway Station.
93% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 93% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna (Shafiq Syed) is sent...
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