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.| Status: | Released (1988-08-24) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 8 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $2,080,046 |
| Screen: | Mira Nair, Sooni Taraporevala, Hriday Lani |
| Productions: | Doordarshan, Cadrage, Forum Films, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, National Film Development Corporation of India, Film4 Productions |
| Production Countries: | France, India, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, हिन्दी |
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Casts
- 1528560: Shafiq Syed - Krishna / Chaipau
- 1528561: Hansa Vithal - Manju Golub
- 1528562: Chanda Sharma - Sola Saal
- 1147135: Anita Kanwar - Rekha Golub
- 84956: Nana Patekar - Baba Golub
- 1145574: Anjaan - Child at the Circus
- 1528568: Amrit Patel - Circus Boss
Crews
- 6495: Mira Nair - Director - Directing
- 1528570: L. Subramaniam - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 6495: Mira Nair - Producer - Production
- 6495: Mira Nair - Story - Writing
- 5289: Barry Alexander Brown - Editor - Editing
- 1017378: Sooni Taraporevala - Screenplay - Writing
- 1619270: Nitish Roy - Art Direction - Art
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