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Salaam Bombay!
Salaam Bombay!
(
Greetings Bombay!
) is a 1988
Hindi film
directed by
Mira Nair
, and screenwritten by her longtime creative collaborator,
Sooni Taraporevala
. The film chronicles the day-to-day life of children living on the streets of
Bombay (Mumbai)
. It won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
, the
National Board of Review Award
for Top Foreign Film, the
Golden Camera
and Audience Awards at the
Cannes Film Festival
, and three awards at the
Montréal World Film Festival
. The film was India's
second film submission
to be nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. The film was among the list of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" by the
New York Times
.
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