NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

silvan-desouza Some films are really different, offbeat and less commercial yet awesome Salaam Bombay is one such film The film is based on life of people in Mumbai The problems shown are believable. There are several great instances like Nana belting Raghuvir, Raghuvir's chelum addiction.etcDirection is simply fabNana Patekar before hit stardom is superb in a negative role, Shafiq Syed is superb, Raghuvir Yadav is fab as always, Irrfan Khan makes one scene appearance as a writer rest are good The director cast actual people in the role of slum dwellers which looks apt.

varghesejunior Maybe this film was meant to be different and award winning, but I found it to be a real Bore.The film basically focuses on the lives of street children in Bombay-how they come up, how they survive. That is all. The screenplay is good, story is different, there are no songs, film is kid of explicit...but real real boring....I barely withstood it for the entire length. Even the end was somewhat confusing for me. I could not understand it.Nana is generally great actor but in this film, his acting is not so remarkable. Would not recommend.

jayleshd This is your gritty, eye opening, edge of your seat film. If you want to know what the life of the slum is about, then watch this movie.Danny Boyle's commercialisation take on this issue took away the real hardship faced everyday by the people in the slums.The grainy, in your face approach of this film is what makes it genuine to its purpose. This is the real deal and there isn't a big budget in sight. I have always enjoyed Mira Nair's work, having watched Mississippi Masala, The Namesake, Monsoon Wedding and this, her work is poetic in execution and flow. The objective set out to be explained is true to its soul and always believable plots are used.It is not a quirky, forgetful film, but a film that is different and yet can hold your attention.

Mike B A highly authentic presentation of the streets of Mumbai (called Bombay in this movie). This movie is much more character and actor driven than story driven, but the acting is very striking and emotional, particularly by the lead actor who plays the young orphan. The story is almost like a documentary and does tend to flit from scene to scene rather haphazardly at times. Nevertheless, the acting more than compensates.The story concerns a group of street children who are struggling for their existence near a brothel. In one of the DVD extra features this story is legitimately compared to the orphans in a Dickens' novel. The life of these abandoned children is truly Dickensenian.If you liked 'Slumdog Millionaire' you should like this. I found the street scenes in 'Salaam Bombay' even more astonishing than 'Slumdog'. Perhaps the storyline in 'Slumdog' is more polished, but the street scenes are even more powerful in 'Salaam Bombay'. There is no glamorization of life in India – this is no Bollywood depiction.