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Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Indian Hindi -language drama film, directed, co-written and co-produced by Mira Nair. The screenwriter was Nair's creative collaborator Sooni Taraporevala. This was the first feature film directed by Nair. The film depicts the daily lives of children living in slums in Bombay (now Mumbai ), India's largest city.
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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- Crime, Drama
- Mira Nair
- 1988-10-07
A film about the street children of Bombay, based on interviews and workshops with real street kids. Roger Ebert praises the realistic and emotional story, the location shooting and the cast, especially the star Shafiq Syed.
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 to a...
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- Shafiq Syed
- Mira Nair
- Drama
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Jun 17, 2021 · The re-release of Mira Nair’s unflinching 1988 story of street children, prostitutes and drug dealers shows it has lost none of its power. Peter Bradshaw. Thu 17 Jun 2021 02.00 EDT. Last ...
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Jun 18, 2021 · Salaam Bombay! (1988) is a film about the harsh life of street children in Bombay, shot in a vérité style with non-professional actors. The film follows the fate of Krishna, a boy who runs away from his rural home to the city, and ends with a haunting close-up of his face.
