Salaam Bombay

1988 Drama

Director: Mira Nair

Starring: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Sarfuddin Quarassi, Raju Barnard

Reviews

  • The real star of this film is the crowded, neon-lit byways of the city itself.

    Leslie Camhi - Village Voice

    21 May 2013

  • The film is unsparingly gritty, but with a woman's tenderness it also grants the characters an occasional moment of grace.

    Ted Shen - Chicago Reader

    21 May 2013

  • The story sometimes seems hesitant to confront the most harrowing implications of the harsh realities it portrays. But it benefits greatly from Syed's close-to-the-bone performance as the boy.

    David Sterritt - Christian Science Monitor

    21 May 2013

  • Director Mira Nair indulges in some melodramatic explorations, however, dangerously verging on a romanticized Oriental tearjerker mood.

    - Variety

    21 May 2013

Awards

  • Best Foreign Language Film

    Academy Awards (1989)

     
  • Best Film Not in the English Language

    BAFTA Awards (1990)

     
  • Best Foreign Language Film

    Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1989)

  • Mira Nair

    Cannes Film Festival (1988)

  • Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

    César Awards, France (1989)