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Salaam Bombay!(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-08-24
72%
101 Votes
Time: 1h 53m
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.
Languages: English, Hindi.
Countries:
France,
India,
United Kingdom
Revenue: $2,080,046.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Cadrage
Forum Films
La Sept Cinéma
Movie: Salaam Bombay!
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nana Patekar
Baba Golub
Irrfan Khan
Letter Writer
Raghubir Yadav
Chillum
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