Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay!

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1988
1h 53m
7.3(112 votes)
Crime
Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

Doordarshan
La Sept Cinéma
Mirabai Films
National Film Development Corporation of India
Film4 Productions

Videos & Trailers

3 videos

Cast & Crew

49 members
Acting

Shafiq Syed

Krishna / Chaipau

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Hansa Vithal

Manju Golub

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Chanda Sharma

Sola Saal

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Anita Kanwar

Rekha Golub

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Nana Patekar

Baba Golub

Nana Patekar
Writing

Anjaan

Child at the Circus

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Amrit Patel

Circus Boss

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Irrfan Khan

Letter Writer

Irrfan Khan
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Raghubir Yadav

Chillum

Raghubir Yadav
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Raju Bernad

Keera

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Chandrashekhar Naidu

Chungal

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Sarfuddin Quarrassi

Koyla

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Mohanraj Babu

Salim

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Sanjana Kapoor

Reporter

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Murari Sharma

Ticket Seller

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Ram Moorti

Madman

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Irshad Hashmi

Chacha

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Kishan Thapa

Nepali Middleman

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Shaukat Azmi

Madame

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Haneef Zahoor

Bouncer

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Jamila

Woman in Brothel

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Ramesh Rai

Barber

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Shaukat Inamdar

Crawford Market Shopkeeper

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Sound

Neil Gettinger

American Big Dog

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Yunus Parvez

Hashimbhai

Yunus Parvez
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Habib Azmi

Ganja Smoker at Gravy's

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Ramesh Gohil

Customer at Rekha's House

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Biswajeet Chatterjee

Hippie Guide

Biswajeet Chatterjee
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Ameer Bhai

Ravi

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Ajju Kasam

Angry Man in Theatre

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Double Battery Stafford

Woman in Theatre

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Rana Singh

Sleazy Man in Theatre

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Ali Bhai

Butcher at Crawford

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Dinshaw Daji

Parsi Bawaji

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Editing

Jayant Joshi

Tailor

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Prashant Jaiswal

Coroner at Wedding

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Joyce Barneto

Bride

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Production

Hassan Kutty

Bridegroom

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Preshit Shringarpure

Fat Kid at Wedding

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B. D. Sharma

Cop

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Mohammed Ali

Handcuffed Man in Van

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Dilip Das

Chiller Room Song Leader

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Alfred Anthony

Lalua Chor

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Ramesh Deshavani

Murtaza

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Aanjjan Srivastav

Superintendent

Aanjjan Srivastav
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Eric Paymaster

Superintendent's Echo

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Sulabha Deshpande

Hemlata Joshi

Sulabha Deshpande
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Mohan Tantaru

Chillum II

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Sound

Haroon Sheikh

Solasaal's First Customer

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