1989
Academy Awards
Foreign Language Film
India

Young Krishna is abandoned at the Apollo Circus by his mother, who informs him that he can only return home when he can afford ₹500 for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus leaves Krishna behind and he travels to Bombay, where he delivers tee and befriends a heroin addict and a young prostitute. Krishna dreams of saving ₹500 to return home, but Bombay street life isn't easy.
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1989
Foreign Language Film
India
1989
Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Salaam Bombay!
1988
Caméra d'or
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