---
title: 'Salaam Bombay! (1988)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mira Nair'
released: '1988-05-20'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'India'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/salaam-bombay-1988'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096028/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Salaam Bombay! (1988)

1988 · 113 min · Drama, Crime · India, United Kingdom, France

Original title: सलाम बॉम्बे

## Synopsis

Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by Mira Nair, in her feature directorial debut. Nair's story idea was expanded into a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala. Salaam Bombay! depicts the daily lives of children living in slums in Bombay, India's largest city. It stars Shafiq Syed, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Hansa Vithal and Chanda Sharma.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mira Nair](https://cinepixo.com/people/mira-nair)
- **Screenplay:** [Mira Nair](https://cinepixo.com/people/mira-nair)
- **Producer:** [Mira Nair](https://cinepixo.com/people/mira-nair)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lakshminarayana Subramaniam](https://cinepixo.com/people/lakshminarayana-subramaniam)
- **Editor:** [Barry Alexander Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-alexander-brown)

## Cast

- [Shafiq Syed](https://cinepixo.com/people/shafiq-syed)
- [Nana Patekar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-patekar)

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