Salaam Bombay!
1988 · 1 h 53 min
Mira NairCast
Shafiq Syed Raghuvir Yadav Hansa Vithal
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mira Nair's debut follows a ten-year-old boy surviving on Bombay's streets, played by real street children. Vivid, compassionate and unsentimental, it earned an Oscar nomination and remains a powerful portrait.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Awards
- Cannes Film Festival 1988: Caméra d'Or
- Academy Awards (Oscars) 1989: Nominee: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Ratings
IMDb: 7.9 / 10 (11,366 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 79/100
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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