| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (113 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm |
| Summary |
This is a sympathetic study of poverty on the streets of Bombay from the point of view of an 11 year old boy who becomes implicated in Bombay's drug trade and prostitution. In the light of the film's success in Western art cinemas a recent critique has raised questions about Salaam Bombay's implied eurocentrism which presents third world urban poverty as 'other' so feeding western misconceptions. Paradoxically this arises from the failure of the filmmakers to address the nuances of cultural superficiality and hence the complex social and political conditions. Bombay is by implication presented as interchangeable with any Third world city thus setting up a rigid opposition between Third World poverty and the First World when in reality there is an interdependent network of exploitation involving the drug trade, the commodification of women and the First World's own urban crisis |
| Notes |
Originally released in India by Mirabai Films Production, 1988 |
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Special features: director commentary with Mira Nair ; bonus interviews and behind the scenes footage |
| Credits |
Produced and directed by Mira Nair |
| Cast |
Shafiq Sayed, Raghubir Yadav, Aneeta Kanwar, Nana Patekar |
| Notes |
Censorship rating: M. Contains: moderate themes, infrequent coarse language |
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DVD 9, Region 4, PAL |
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In Hindi. Subtitles: English |
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Academy Awards Winner 1989, Best foreign language film ; Cannes film Festival Winner 1988, best first feature audience award |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films -- India.
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| SUBJECT |
Mumbai (India) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012073713 -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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India -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007592 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Nair, Mira.
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Sayed, Shafiq
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Yadav, Raghuvir.
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Kanwar, Aneeta.
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Patekar, Nana, 1951-
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Mirabai Films (Firm)
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Fortissimo Films.
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Hopscotch Entertainment (Firm)
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Roadshow Entertainment (Firm)
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