Salaam Bombay! (1988)
ThumbScore
👍 78%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 86%
(RT: 93%, MC: 78) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Shafiq Syed as Krishna / Chaipau
Hansa Vithal as Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma as Sola Saal
Anita Kanwar as Rekha Golub
Nana Patekar as Baba Golub
Anjaan as Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel as Circus Boss
Is Salaam Bombay! good?
Most people think so. 78% audience score, estimated from 133 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.
Overview
When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum. Wikipedia ↗
