After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.
Language
Hindi
Release Date
August 24, 1988
Revenue
$2,080,046
Cast
Shafiq Syed
Krishna / Chaipau
Hansa Vithal
Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma
Sola Saal
Anita Kanwar
Rekha Golub
Nana Patekar
Baba Golub
Anjaan
Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel
Circus Boss
Irrfan Khan
Letter Writer
Raghubir Yadav
Chillum
Raju Bernad
Keera
Chandrashekhar Naidu
Chungal
Sarfuddin Quarrassi
Koyla
Mohanraj Babu
Salim
Sanjana Kapoor
Reporter
Murari Sharma
Ticket Seller
Ram Moorti
Madman
Irshad Hashmi
Chacha
Kishan Thapa
Nepali Middleman
Shaukat Azmi
Madame
Haneef Zahoor
Bouncer
Jamila
Woman in Brothel
Ramesh Rai
Barber
Shaukat Inamdar
Crawford Market Shopkeeper
Neil Gettinger
American Big Dog
Yunus Parvez
Hashimbhai
Habib Azmi
Ganja Smoker at Gravy's
Ramesh Gohil
Customer at Rekha's House
Biswajeet Chatterjee
Hippie Guide
Ameer Bhai
Ravi
Ajju Kasam
Angry Man in Theatre
Double Battery Stafford
Woman in Theatre
Rana Singh
Sleazy Man in Theatre
Ali Bhai
Butcher at Crawford
Dinshaw Daji
Parsi Bawaji
Jayant Joshi
Tailor
Prashant Jaiswal
Coroner at Wedding
Joyce Barneto
Bride
Hassan Kutty
Bridegroom
Preshit Shringarpure
Fat Kid at Wedding
B. D. Sharma
Cop
Mohammed Ali
Handcuffed Man in Van
Dilip Das
Chiller Room Song Leader
Alfred Anthony
Lalua Chor
Ramesh Deshavani
Murtaza
Aanjjan Srivastav
Superintendent
Eric Paymaster
Superintendent's Echo
Sulabha Deshpande
Hemlata Joshi
Mohan Tantaru
Chillum II
Haroon Sheikh
Solasaal's First Customer
Show Full Crew
Directing
Mira Nair
Director
Dinaz Stafford
Second Assistant Director
Nilita Vachani
Second Assistant Director
Nilita Vachani
Script Supervisor
Hassan Kutty
First Assistant Director
Writing
Sound
Margaret Crimmins
Supervising Sound Editor
Mary Ellen Porto
Sound Editor
Dominique Dalmasso
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
L. Subramaniam
Original Music Composer
L. Subramaniam
Conductor
Jonathan Liebling
Foley Artist
Juan Rodriguez
Location Sound Mixer
Neil Gettinger
Boom Operator
Laure Sullivan
Assistant Sound Editor
Rosemary Abitabile
Apprentice Sound Editor
Editing
Production
Mira Nair
Producer
Michael Nozik
Executive Producer
Gabriel Auer
Executive Producer
Anil Tejani
Executive Producer
Cherie L. Rodgers
Co-Executive Producer
Harish Amin
Production Manager
Hassan Kutty
Casting
Mitch Epstein
Co-Producer
Jane Balfour
Associate Producer
Vijay Gautam
Production Manager
Art
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Art Direction
Nitish Roy
Art Direction
Mitch Epstein
Production Design
Murari Sharma
Assistant Art Director
Radha Pal
Assistant Art Director
Camera
Sooni Taraporevala
Still Photographer
Sandi Sissel
Director of Photography
Lee Anthony MacNamara
First Assistant Camera
Hiroo Keswani
Second Assistant Camera
Syed Layaque Ali
Third Assistant Camera
Harsh Mehta
Assistant Camera
Mitch Epstein
Second Unit Director of Photography
Crew
Costume & Make-Up