Salaam Bombay! (1988)

08/24/1988 1h 53m

How old is the movie?

36 years 7 months 13 days

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Nana Patekar

as Baba Golub

Born 01/01/1951, age 74

Irrfan Khan

as Letter Writer

Born 01/07/1967

Died 04/29/2020, age 53

Raghubir Yadav

as Chillum

Born 06/25/1957, age 67

Yunus Parvez

as Hashimbhai

Born 01/01/1931

Died 02/11/2007, age 76