Salaam Bombay!

Movie
TitleSalaam Bombay!
User score

7.2

Release dateAug 24, 1988
GenreCrime, Drama
DirectorMira Nair
Production countryFrance, India, United Kingdom
Production companiesDoordarshan, Cadrage, Forum Films, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, National Film Development Corporation of India, Film4 Productions
Revenue$2,080,046
Run time113 min.

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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