Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Now You Know What Baba Is

Baba (Nana Patekar) makes a fool out of Chillum (Raghuvir Yadav) in front of a Western reporter, and then summarily fires him.

Directed by Mira Nair.

Released in 1988 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Reporter
  • character-type: Pimp
  • character-type: Child
  • action: Scare
  • action: Whip
  • action: Beat
  • action: Yell
  • action: Break
  • action: Laugh
  • action: Drop
  • editors-choice: Male Performances
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • primary-genre: Foreign
  • secondary-genre: Hindi Language
  • secondary-genre: Foreign Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Foreign
  • secondary-genre: United Kingdom
  • mood: Disturbing
  • mood: Violent
  • mood: Dark
  • prop: Belt
  • prop: Boombox
  • prop: Tea
  • prop: Chair
  • setting: Apartment
  • theme: Poverty
  • theme: Defiance
  • theme: Authority
  • theme: Power
  • actor: Raghuvir Yadav
  • actor: Nana Patekar
  • actor: Sanjana Kapoor
  • actor: Shafiq Syed
  • director: Mira Nair
  • producer: Cherie Rodgers
  • producer: Jane Balfour
  • producer: Michael Nozik
  • producer: Mira Nair
  • producer: Anil Tejani
  • producer: Mitch Epstein
  • producer: Gabriel Auer
  • cinematographer: Sandi Sissel
  • composer: L. Subramaniam
  • editor: Barry Alexander Brown
  • production-designer: Mitch Epstein
  • role-name: Chaipau
  • role-name: Baba Golub
  • role-name: Western Journalist
  • role-name: Krishna
  • role-name: Chillum
  • screenwriter: Sooni Taraporevala
  • screenwriter: Mira Nair
  • year: 1988
  • studio: MGM