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Salaam Bombay!

Salaam Bombay!

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1988
1h 53m
7.2(123 votes)
Crime
Drama

Overview

When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.

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Production Companies

Doordarshan
La Sept Cinéma
Mirabai Films
National Film Development Corporation of India
Film4 Productions

Videos & Trailers

3 videos

Cast & Crew

49 members
Acting

Shafiq Syed

Krishna / Chaipau

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Hansa Vithal

Manju Golub

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Chanda Sharma

Sola Saal

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Anita Kanwar

Rekha Golub

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Nana Patekar

Baba Golub

Nana Patekar
Writing

Anjaan

Child at the Circus

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Amrit Patel

Circus Boss

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Irrfan Khan

Letter Writer

Irrfan Khan
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Raghubir Yadav

Chillum

Raghubir Yadav
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Raju Bernad

Keera

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Chandrashekhar Naidu

Chungal

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Sarfuddin Quarrassi

Koyla

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Mohanraj Babu

Salim

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Sanjana Kapoor

Reporter

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Murari Sharma

Ticket Seller

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Ram Moorti

Madman

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Irshad Hashmi

Chacha

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Kishan Thapa

Nepali Middleman

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Shaukat Azmi

Madame

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Haneef Zahoor

Bouncer

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Jamila

Woman in Brothel

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Ramesh Rai

Barber

Ramesh Rai
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Shaukat Inamdar

Crawford Market Shopkeeper

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Sound

Neil Gettinger

American Big Dog

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Yunus Parvez

Hashimbhai

Yunus Parvez
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Habib Azmi

Ganja Smoker at Gravy's

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Ramesh Gohil

Customer at Rekha's House

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Biswajeet Chatterjee

Hippie Guide

Biswajeet Chatterjee
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Ameer Bhai

Ravi

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Ajju Kasam

Angry Man in Theatre

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Double Battery Stafford

Woman in Theatre

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Rana Singh

Sleazy Man in Theatre

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Ali Bhai

Butcher at Crawford

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Dinshaw Daji

Parsi Bawaji

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Editing

Jayant Joshi

Tailor

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Prashant Jaiswal

Coroner at Wedding

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Joyce Barneto

Bride

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Production

Hassan Kutty

Bridegroom

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Preshit Shringarpure

Fat Kid at Wedding

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B. D. Sharma

Cop

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Mohammed Ali

Handcuffed Man in Van

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Dilip Das

Chiller Room Song Leader

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Alfred Anthony

Lalua Chor

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Ramesh Deshavani

Murtaza

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Aanjjan Srivastav

Superintendent

Aanjjan Srivastav
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Eric Paymaster

Superintendent's Echo

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Sulabha Deshpande

Hemlata Joshi

Sulabha Deshpande
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Mohan Tantaru

Chillum II

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Sound

Haroon Sheikh

Solasaal's First Customer

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