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 |
| Sound | L. Subramaniam | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Mira Nair | Producer |
| Writing | Mira Nair | Story |
| Editing | Barry Alexander Brown | Editor |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Screenplay |
| Art | Nitish Roy | Art Direction |
| Camera | Sandi Sissel | Director of Photography |
| Art | Nitin Chandrakant Desai | Art Direction |
| Art | Mitch Epstein | Production Design |
| Production | Hassan Kutty | Casting |
| Production | Michael Nozik | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Harsh Mehta | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Margaret Crimmins | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Mary Ellen Porto | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Hriday Lani | Dialogue |
| Crew | Ravie Sonie | Production Controller |
| Sound | Mary Ellen Porto | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rosemary Abitabile | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Production | Anil Tejani | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gabriel Auer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cherie L. Rodgers | Co-Executive Producer |
| Sound | Dominique Dalmasso | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Daniel Vaissaire | Post Production Supervisor |
| Sound | L. Subramaniam | Conductor |
| Production | Jane Balfour | Associate Producer |
| Production | Harish Amin | Production Manager |
| Camera | Syed Layaque Ali | Third Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sooni Taraporevala | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Dinaz Stafford | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Radha Pal | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deepa Kakkar | Costume Design |
| Sound | Neil Gettinger | Boom Operator |
| Writing | Sooni Taraporevala | Story |
| Art | Murari Sharma | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Laure Sullivan | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Directing | Nilita Vachani | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Hiroo Keswani | Second Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Hassan Kutty | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Mitch Epstein | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Juan Rodriguez | Location Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jonathan Liebling | Foley Artist |
| Production | Vijay Gautam | Production Manager |
| Camera | Lee Anthony MacNamara | First Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Tula Goenka | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Mitch Epstein | Co-Producer |
| Directing | Nilita Vachani | Second Assistant Director |