Comments on: Salaam Bombay (Widescreen Special Edition) (1988)

By: Bathsheba

Bathsheba — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:30:27 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great edition of this -must have- movie
This is fantastic movie with such a warm and moving story. This edition includes director naration options as well as the director of photography.

By: Osgood

Osgood — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:23:04 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Resilient and Resourceful Children
I’m glad I bought this – wouldn’t have missed it for the world. The fact that it’s a docu-drama makes it all the more watchable – you know a lot of the children are really street…

By: Yasu

Yasu — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:07:09 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Salaam Bombay
Former documentarist Mira Nair’s angry, disconsolate, and deeply moving drama about poverty and child homelessness in India was shot on location and stars a cast of non-actors the…

By: Nuala

Nuala — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:58:47 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Exceptional work of art!
The music to Salaam Bombay spans the emotional spectrum from joyous to tragic, with every nuance between.

By: Umberto

Umberto — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:56:14 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely a classic
I’ve never seen such unflinching honesty from a film-maker, or from an artist in any medium, now that I think of it.

By: Oracle

Oracle — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:43:03 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely Not Bollywood
In much of the movie, it doesn’t seem like they’re acting, which is to say the performances are VERY believable.

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:17:46 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant!
It is a tear jerker and a film everyone should watch at least once. A very powerful message. Walk away happy knowing the director adopted one of the homeless boys in real life…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:26:23 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
I’ve seen the movie 4 or 5 times.
One of the best Indian movies and one of my top 25 movies.
Fine production.

By: Italia

Italia — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:21:48 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie
Salaam Bombay has been one of my favorate movies for many years. It show how street life is in India. I highly enjoyed this movie

By: Tad

Tad — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:28:23 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars Salaam Bombay!
Having seen most of director, Mira Nair's other films, I felt I was long overdue for this one, and I WAS!