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Salaam Bombay!

Movie · 1988 · 113 min

A raw, heartbreaking immersion into street life, blending documentary-like realism with deep empathy for its young characters.

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1988 film by Mira Nair
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Year
1988
Runtime
113 min
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • politics
  • class
  • isolation
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Mira Nair
Written by
Mira Nair
Starring
Nana Patekar, Shafiq Syed
Music
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
Runtime
113 min
Country
France, United Kingdom, India
Languages
Hindi

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