Salaam Bombay details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Raghuvir Yadav, Shafiq Syed, Chanda Sharma, Hansa Vithal |
| Director: | Mira Nair |
| Genres: | Bollywood - General, Drama - General |
| Studio: | ARROW FILMS |
| Collections: | Best Bollywood |
| Name | Discs | |
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Salaam Bombay |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 23 Mar 2009 |
| Main languages: | Hindi |
| Subtitles: | English |
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By a customer from London , 07 Nov 2003[Highly rated reviewer]
This is not Bollywood infact you couldn't get further from it.
A young boy who ends up living in an underground world of drugs and prostitution when he leaves home for the city, has his dreams shattered. The film has many touching moments and many harsh realities of life in Bombay.
Anyone studying Indian cinema knows this is a classic and will remain so as it is fresh, demanding and thought provoking. Rent it today!- Was this review helpful to you?
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By lukasz84 (75 reviews) , 19 Feb 2013this film proves why slumdog millionaire was essentialy a misguided, and an illusional project. it is imporant to juxtapose the two films, primarily to understand how powerful and fecund cinematic honesty can be, and how harmful the abused 'magical- feel good-uplifting' qualties of film making. another important question this comparison raises is whether an outsider can walk into a culture and discuss its most visceral problems with an integrity, constraint and insight equal to the indigenous film maker?- Was this review helpful to you?
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Incredible Acting
By Cato (705 reviews) from Lydbury North , 30 Dec 2011Earnest and ultimately pessimistic view of life for the street urchins of Bombay. Presumably it's changed for the better in the last fourteen years, but I wouldn't bet on it. There are still a few rich and many many poor in India, despite their so called new more well off status. The acting, all amateur, was very very good, and in particular Shafiq Sayed as the boy was brilliant, somehow depicting a boy of eleven with an old man's expression in his eyes. Wonderful.- Was this review helpful to you?
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strong excellent
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Salaam Baalak trust, an inspiration...
By EmandNels (1 review) , 13 Jul 2011Unbelievable..brilliant if not extremely sad and moving portrayal of life as a street child in India. Having visited a home set up by the Salaam Baalak Trust last year set up after this film, the film seems sadly so true to life in a beautiful yet crazy country. Get it now, you won't regret it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Life's like that!
By ASouthLondoner (1 review) , 10 Jul 2011Was looking for a good film to watch this quiet Sunday and found it! It had me laughing and crying....the harshness of life and how molly-coddled our own in children are come to mind.
Watch it and make up your own mind...i only hope the young actors and actresses got a fair wage!- Was this review helpful to you?
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