Salaam Bombay! 1988

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PG-13
Crime Drama

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.

Release Date 1988-08-24
Runtime 1h 53m
Directors Mira Nair, Sandi Sissel, Hassan Kutty, Dinaz Stafford, Nilita Vachani, Mitch Epstein, Murari Sharma, Radha Pal
Producers Mira Nair, Mitch Epstein, Anil Tejani, Michael Nozik, Gabriel Auer, Cherie L. Rodgers, Jane Balfour
Writers Sooni Taraporevala, Mira Nair, Sooni Taraporevala, Hriday Lani