salaamstreetkids.org                     Salaam Bombay! The Movie.

Salaam Bombay! was an Oscar nominated film made by Mira Nair in 1988.

The film was made using real street children who were trained to act in a theatre workshop organized by Barry John. A total of 28 children became the core of the film. Shafi Syed, who portrayed the main character won the Children’s National Award for his powerful performance as 12 year old Krishna.

Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, and Raghubir Yadav all well known and professional actors worked together with the street children in order to make a powerful film about street life in Bombay.