

Salaam Bombay!
Visit website7.2/10 • 103
1988-08-24 • 1h 53m
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.
- Directors
- Mira Nair
- Editors
- Barry Alexander Brown

Salaam Bombay!
Visit website1988-08-24 • 1h 53m
7.2/10 • 103
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.
- Directors
- Mira Nair
- Editors
- Barry Alexander Brown
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsShafiq 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Hindi
- Budget
- --
- Revenue
- $2,080,046.00
- Keywords
- prostitutiondrugsstreet lifewoman directorbollywood