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Banished from his home and abandoned by the travelling circus he sought refuge in, 11-year-old Krishna (Shafiq Syed) joins the swathes of dispossessed Mumbai street children struggling to survive. To earn the money he needs to get back into his mother's good graces and return home, Krishna finds work as a tea boy – a job that brings him into contact with an array of local characters, including prostitutes, pimps and drug-dealers.
Salaam Bombay! is the heartrending and impassioned debut fiction feature by director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding) and her frequent collaborator Sooni Taraporevala. With a cast of real-life street children, this celebration of the spirit of survival is an authentic and unflinching portrayal of India's impoverished underbelly.
salaam bombay! is the story of krishna, a 10-year old boy who comes to bombay dreaming of making 500 rupees to take home to his mother in the village. once in the city, he is immediately surrounded by its madness and chaos. policeman, madmen, middleman, the trading of drugs and flesh, impossible movie fantasies, and everywhere there are children like himself, surviving and succumbing to the appetite of the city. the film, although carefully scripted, is a marriage of narrative and documentary. the "actors" are all children from the streets and the entire film is shot in working-class neighbourhoods, railway platforms and the red light areas of mumbai (bombay). while celebrating the spirit of survival in mumbai's street children, salaam bombay! si also a story of a world that denies ist children the luxury of childhood, a world which is no longer innocent.
