Plot Summary
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.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Salaam Bombay!
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- hi
- Revenue
- $2.1M
Where to watch free (US)
No free providers found in US.
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
Production Companies
DoordarshanCadrage
Forum Films
La Sept Cinéma
Mirabai Films
National Film Development Corporation of India
