Winner
Cannes Film Festival
Camera dOr (1988)
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Salaam Bombay!
Directed by Mira Nair
1988•113 min
- Genre
- Drama
- Topic
- Working Life
- Mood
- Unfiltered
- Language
- Hindi
Synopsis
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.
Trailer
Selected Awards
Winner
BAFTA
Best Film Not in English Language (1989)
Winner
Cannes Film Festival
Prix du Publique (1988)
Nominee
Academy Award
Best International Feature Film (1989)
Footnote
- First
Mira Nair became the first Indian filmmaker to win the Caméra d'Or at Cannes — only the second Indian film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Main Cast
SSShafiq SyedKrishna / Chaipau
HVHansa VithalManju Golub
CSChanda SharmaSola Saal
AKAnita KanwarRekha Golub
Nana PatekarBaba GolubANAnjaanChild at the Circus
APAmrit PatelCircus Boss
Irrfan KhanLetter Writer
