Krishna/Chaipu
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Oct 7, 1988 · Salaam Bombay!: Directed by Mira Nair. With Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma. Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
Salaambombay. Salaam Bombay, as the name suggests is our salutation to Bombay and the spirit it represents. This can be discerned from the lovingly crafted menu, that is quintessential Bombay street food, (Chaats, Pav Bhaji’s, Vada Pav’s and the Unique “Bombay Chinese” - an explosion of different tastes and flavors, inspired by, and ...
"Salaam Bombay!" is one of the best films of the year. Syed plays its hero, a boy named Chaipau who works for a traveling circus. One day he is sent on an errand - to get some cigarettes from a neighboring village - and when he returns, the circus has packed up and disappeared.
After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna (Shafiq Syed) is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs...
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Jun 18, 2021 · Salaam Bombay! opens on scenes of a travelling circus packing up somewhere in rural India, set to the atmospheric sitar drone of L. Subramaniam’s main theme. Eleven-year-old Krishna (Shafiq Syed), the troupe’s dogsbody, is sent on an errand; when he returns, the circus is gone.
Back from an errand for a seedy circus owner, urchin Krishna finds the troupe has packed up and disappeared, leaving him with barely enough money for a 3rd class ticket to Bombay. From here on, Krishna becomes a chaipau, constantly on the run.
Thrust into the life of the street children of Bombay, living among the pimps, hustlers, drug addicts, prostitutes, and throw away children that proliferate in India's urban settlements, a modern day jungle, Krishna struggles to survive.
