Salaam Bombay!
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.
Director
Mira Nair
Studio
N/A
Release
1988-08-24
Runtime
113 min
Genres
Crime, Drama
Cast & Characters
K/
Krishna / Chaipau
Shafiq Syed
MG
Manju Golub
Hansa Vithal
SS
Sola Saal
Chanda Sharma
RG
Rekha Golub
Anita Kanwar
Baba Golub
Nana Patekar
Ca
Child at the Circus
Anjaan
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Critical Assessment
TMDb
7.2/10
Salaam Bombay! holds 7.2/10 on TMDb (124 votes). (Not in OMDb — sourced from TMDb instead.)
Not enough independent critic/audience score breakdown available.
Ratings as of 2026-07-30
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AI Verdict
AI-generatedBased on TMDb's aggregated score (7.2/10 on TMDb (124 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
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