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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
A 10-year-old krishna travels to the big city to earn money for his mother, but when his hope of returning home begins to fade, his determination helps him survive life on the streets.
"...compelling..." Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice
"...one of the best films of the year." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Editor's Note
Mira Nair's first feature was an acclaimed drama depicting the desperate lives of homeless children in one of India's poorest cities. Krishna is a 10-year-old country boy forced to live on his own in the streets of Bombay after his family tosses him out. While he hopes to earn 500 rupees for his mother and return home, the all-consuming job of staying alive quickly makes that dream an unreality. He develops the street-smarts needed to survive in the seedy world of prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves, and other homeless children, but the harrowing experience takes an extremely heavy emotional toll on him. Although Krishna keeps trying to raise the money to return home, it is, in the end, a hopeless task.
| Features | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Audio Commentary By Cinematographer Sandi Sissel | | 6 Original Featurettes With New Cast Interviews | | Behind-The-Scenes Photo Gallery | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Access | | Audio Commentary With Director Mira Nair |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 1/11/2005 |
| Running Time: 114 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1988 | | Catalog ID: 1004335 | | UPC: 00027616884176 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Hindi | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], Hindi | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival (1988) |  | Mira Nair, Winner, Golden Camera |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Remarkably good....[Nair] is a new film maker to watch..." 10/07/1988 p.C8Film Comment
"...Like any true film document, it carries hints and echoes of other cultures, other wrenching case histories, from Hong Kong to the South Bronx..." 08/01/1988 p.5-8 Los Angeles Times
"...Assured and passionate....Nair has a wonderful eye and a truly cinematic sense of story. She doesn't tell in words what the eye of her camera can say with more authority..." 10/19/1988 p.C1 Washington Post 7 of 10
Salaam Bombay! plays a bit like Oliver! in Hindi, a lively, strangely celebratory look at the resilience of India's street children. It's a savvy, unsentimentalized first feature by director Mira Nair, a documentarian who finds innocence and a harsh playfulness in this asphalt nursery. - Rita Kempley
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