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7.3/10

Salaam Bombay! (1988)

PG-13 | 1 Hours 53 Minutes

Crime, Drama

Young Krishna is abandoned at the Apollo Circus by his mother, who informs him that he can only return home when he can afford ₹500 for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus leaves Krishna behind and he travels to Bombay, where he delivers tee and befriends a heroin addict and a young prostitute. Krishna dreams of saving ₹500 to return home, but Bombay street life isn't easy.

Director: Mira Nair

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The Cast

Shafiq Syed

Krishna / Chaipau

Hansa Vithal

Manju Golub

Chanda Sharma

Sola Saal

Anita Kanwar

Rekha Golub

Nana Patekar

Baba Golub

Anjaan

Child at the Circus

Amrit Patel

Circus Boss

Irrfan Khan

Letter Writer

Raghubir Yadav

Chillum

Raju Bernad

Keera

Chandrashekhar Naidu

Chungal

Sarfuddin Quarrassi

Koyla

Mohanraj Babu

Salim

Sanjana Kapoor

Reporter

Murari Sharma

Ticket Seller

Ram Moorti

Madman

Irshad Hashmi

Chacha

Kishan Thapa

Nepali Middleman

Shaukat Azmi

Madame

Haneef Zahoor

Bouncer

Jamila

Woman in Brothel

Ramesh Rai

Barber

Shaukat Inamdar

Crawford Market Shopkeeper

Neil Gettinger

American Big Dog

Yunus Parvez

Hashimbhai

Habib Azmi

Ganja Smoker at Gravy's

Ramesh Gohil

Customer at Rekha's House

Biswajeet Chatterjee

Hippie Guide

Ameer Bhai

Ravi

Ajju Kasam

Angry Man in Theatre

Double Battery Stafford

Woman in Theatre

Rana Singh

Sleazy Man in Theatre

Ali Bhai

Butcher at Crawford

Dinshaw Daji

Parsi Bawaji

Jayant Joshi

Tailor

Prashant Jaiswal

Coroner at Wedding

Joyce Barneto

Bride

Hassan Kutty

Bridegroom

Preshit Shringarpure

Fat Kid at Wedding

B. D. Sharma

Cop

Mohammed Ali

Handcuffed Man in Van

Dilip Das

Chiller Room Song Leader

Alfred Anthony

Lalua Chor

Ramesh Deshavani

Murtaza

Aanjjan Srivastav

Superintendent

Eric Paymaster

Superintendent's Echo

Sulabha Deshpande

Hemlata Joshi

Mohan Tantaru

Chillum II