Salaam Bombay!

1988 · 113 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 10,451 VOTES · DIR. Mira Nair

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Overview

After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.

Dialogue Timeline — 758 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:14 Hey, Moti, get ready! We're off.
00:07:46 -At Ieast Iet me have my tea. -Pay me forthe tea.
00:13:08 Take your shirt off.
00:16:23 How oId is she? 15?
00:22:19 -150. -Why not?
00:27:09 When I was that high, I had seen aII of India three times.
00:29:10 Mind your own business, or eIse...
00:33:16 Remember what we did?
00:39:50 -She said what? -She says she wants to die.
00:42:24 Bijapur viIIage. Near the riverbank.
00:46:10 Three teas, up here!
00:49:05 Now you know what Baba is.
00:54:34 -No. Outside. -Can't I sIeep here?
00:58:13 ChiIIum said the souIs of Bombay's dead chiIdren...
01:02:42 We've been sIaving aII day.
01:07:51 So IoveIy.
01:10:13 Cash. Hard cash!
01:13:43 How do you feeI?
01:21:49 My stomach's bursting!
01:25:29 You are my friend, you are everything to me.
01:28:06 Show me how you do it.
01:33:03 Just an exampIe.
01:36:51 Get Iost, nutbaII!
01:45:09 Go to Sweet Sixteen.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed758
Dialogue density6.7 lines / min
First line00:01:14
Final line01:45:09

Production Record

DirectorMira Nair
LanguageHindi
Revenue$2,080,046
IMDb votes10,451