Salaam Bombay! 1988

Salaam Bombay! is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by Mira Nair, in her feature directorial debut. Nair's story idea was expanded into a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala. Salaam Bombay! depicts the daily lives of children living in slums in Bombay (now Mumbai), India's largest city. It stars Shafiq Syed, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Hansa Vithal and Chanda Sharma. Nair's inspiration for the film came from the spirit of Bombay's street children and how they lived. Production began in early 1988, with the National Film Development Corporation of India co-financing the film. Salaam Bombay! had its world premiere at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, where it received critical acclaim and won the Caméra d'Or. After being released worldwide on 6 October 1988, Salaam Bombay! grossed an estimated $7.4 million at the overseas box office, against a production budget of $450,000. At the 61st Academy Awards, it became only the second Indian film to receive a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.