Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Der 10-jährige Krishna wird von zu Hause verstoßen. Er darf erst heimkehren, wenn er 500 Rupien verdient hat. Um das Geld zu besorgen, arbeitet er in einem Zirkus. Doch dieser zieht eines Tages ohne ihn weiter, als Krishna Besorgungen erledigt. Mit seinem letzten Geld kauft er sich eine Fahrkarte in die nächst größere Stadt - Bombay. Dort gerät er in den Rotlichtbezirk. Polizei, Bordelle, Drogenhandel, die Welt der Kinophantasien und überall Kinder, die wie er versuchen, in diesem Hexenkessel zu überleben...
Der Regisseur:
Mira Nair
Der Autor:
Sooni Taraporevala
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Shafiq Syed as Krishna / Chaipau |
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Hansa Vithal as Manju Golub |
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Chanda Sharma as Sola Saal |
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Anita Kanwar as Rekha Golub |
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Nana Patekar as Baba Golub |
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Anjaan as Child at the Circus |
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Amrit Patel as Circus Boss |
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Irrfan Khan as Letter Writer |
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Raghubir Yadav as Chillum |
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Raju Bernad as Keera |
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Chandrashekhar Naidu as Chungal |
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Sarfuddin Quarrassi as Koyla |
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Mohanraj Babu as Salim |
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Sanjana Kapoor as Reporter |
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Murari Sharma as Ticket Seller |
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Ram Moorti as Madman |
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Irshad Hashmi as Chacha |
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Kishan Thapa as Nepali Middleman |
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Shaukat Azmi as Madame |
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Haneef Zahoor as Bouncer |
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Jamila as Woman in Brothel |
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Ramesh Rai as Barber |
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Shaukat Inamdar as Crawford Market Shopkeeper |
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Neil Gettinger as American Big Dog |
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Yunus Parvez as Hashimbhai |
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Habib Azmi as Ganja Smoker at Gravy's |
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Ramesh Gohil as Customer at Rekha's House |
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Biswajeet Chatterjee as Hippie Guide |
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Ameer Bhai as Ravi |
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Ajju Kasam as Angry Man in Theatre |
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Double Battery Stafford as Woman in Theatre |
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Rana Singh as Sleazy Man in Theatre |
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Ali Bhai as Butcher at Crawford |
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Dinshaw Daji as Parsi Bawaji |
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Jayant Joshi as Tailor |
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Prashant Jaiswal as Coroner at Wedding |
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Joyce Barneto as Bride |
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Hassan Kutty as Bridegroom |
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Preshit Shringarpure as Fat Kid at Wedding |
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B. D. Sharma as Cop |
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Mohammed Ali as Handcuffed Man in Van |
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Dilip Das as Chiller Room Song Leader |
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Alfred Anthony as Lalua Chor |
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Ramesh Deshavani as Murtaza |
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Aanjjan Srivastav as Superintendent |
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Eric Paymaster as Superintendent's Echo |
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Sulabha Deshpande as Hemlata Joshi |
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Mohan Tantaru as Chillum II |
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Haroon Sheikh as Solasaal's First Customer |
| Directing | Mira Nair | Director |
| Writing | Mira Nair | Story |
| Sound | L. Subramaniam | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Screenplay |
| Editing | Barry Alexander Brown | Editor |
| Camera | Sandi Sissel | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mitch Epstein | Production Design |
| Art | Nitish Roy | Art Direction |
| Production | Hassan Kutty | Casting |
| Art | Nitin Chandrakant Desai | Art Direction |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Story |
| Production | Michael Nozik | Executive Producer |
| Production | Anil Tejani | Executive Producer |
| Production | Vijay Gautam | Production Manager |
| Camera | Hiroo Keswani | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sooni Taraporevala | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Hassan Kutty | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Lee Anthony MacNamara | First Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Neil Gettinger | Boom Operator |
| Production | Gabriel Auer | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Dinaz Stafford | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Harsh Mehta | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Radha Pal | Assistant Art Director |
| Editing | Mary Ellen Porto | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jonathan Liebling | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Mary Ellen Porto | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Tula Goenka | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Daniel Vaissaire | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Mitch Epstein | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jane Balfour | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Mitch Epstein | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | L. Subramaniam | Conductor |
| Sound | Laure Sullivan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Writing | Hriday Lani | Dialogue |
| Crew | Ravie Sonie | Production Controller |
| Sound | Margaret Crimmins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rosemary Abitabile | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dominique Dalmasso | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Cherie L. Rodgers | Co-Executive Producer |
| Art | Murari Sharma | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Juan Rodriguez | Location Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Nilita Vachani | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nilita Vachani | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Harish Amin | Production Manager |
| Camera | Syed Layaque Ali | Third Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deepa Kakkar | Costume Design |