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.
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Shafiq Syed
Krishna / Chaipau
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Ayah Fahrin Ahmad & Rita Rudaini
Hansa Vithal
Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma
Sola Saal
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Casualty
Anita Kanwar
Rekha Golub
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Om Dar-B-Dar
Mati Manas
Nana Patekar
Baba Golub
Known for
Welcome
Raajneeti
Anjaan
Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel
Circus Boss
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Taarzan: The Wonder Car
Irrfan Khan
Letter Writer
Known for
Life of Pi
Jurassic World
Raghubir Yadav
Chillum
Known for
Panchayat
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Raju Bernad
Keera
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Dharavi
Chandrashekhar Naidu
Chungal
No other roles listed
Sarfuddin Quarrassi
Koyla
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Kisses on a Train
Mira Nair Director · Sooni Taraporevala Screenplay L. Subramaniam Composer
Worldwide gross $7.4M · Budget $450K · United States release October 7, 1988
Box office
Budget
$450,000
Worldwide gross
$7,434,176
Gross vs. budget
16.5×
Production
Doordarshan
Production
Cadrage
Production
Forum Films
Production
La Sept Cinéma
Production
Mirabai Films
Production
National Film Development Corporation of India
Production
Channel Four Films
Production
France · India · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Hindi
Spoken on screen
English · Hindi
Release dates
France · May 1, 1988
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
India · September 1, 1988
Theatrical
United States · October 7, 1988
Limited theatrical
Canada
September 23, 1988 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
August 24, 1988 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 2, 1989 · Theatrical
May 22, 2009 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
January 27, 1989 · Theatrical
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