Salaam Bombay! Page #2

Synopsis: The boy Krishna is abandoned by his mother at the Apollo Circus and she tells him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to pay for the bicycle of his brother that he had trashed. Krishna is left behind by the circus and he takes a train to Bombay. Krishna is called Chaipau by the street children of Bombay and he works delivering and selling tea for Chacha, who owns a street bar. Krishna befriends the heroin addicted Chillum that sells drugs for the drug dealer and caftan Baba Golub, and the girl Manju Golub, who is the daughter of Baba with the prostitute Rekha Golub. Krishna dreams on saving 500 rupees to return home, but the life on the streets of Bombay is not easy.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Mira Nair
Production: Mainline Pictures Ltd
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
NOT RATED
Year:
1988
113 min
1,044 Views


virgin ready.

Where were you?

Can't come when you're sent for?

Getting smart, boy?

Your days are numbered.

Got your money.

Know Padmini in 103?

No. Why?

She died of an overdose.

ReaIIy? I didn't know.

You shouId know.

I see you seII on this street,

you're dead.

Scum, you know the ruIes,

don't you?

Me? SeII Baba's drugs on

Baba's street?

I don't do IocaI business.

I onIy seII to foreigners or to...

fooIs who say, as they die:

''Thank you, Baba.''

Back off. This is my Iast warning.

Okay, Boss.

Bastard!

And you? B*tch!

What's going on here?

They set fire to the house.

Bouncer caught them. This bastard

brought her matches.

We paid a fortune for

your virginity...

and you burn the house down?

You set the fire?

-She said what?

-She says she wants to die.

So die, you b*tch!

Want a poIice case?

I'II cut you up into IittIe pieces.

-Baba's here now.

-She's got some nerve.

If I catch you here again...

I'II wring your neck. Get out!

Want something to drink? Some

tea? Some water?

Don't worry.

Baba's here. It'II be aII right.

Nobody wiII dare say a word.

Yourtantrums won't work in 109.

Looking for more troubIe?

CaImIy, now.

Want a job? Tame her for me.

Baba doesn't do that work anymore.

Think it over.

She's worth 10,000.

Once she's defIowered, 1,000

foryou. WeII?

''Respected Mother, greetings.

''I'm weII. Hope you are, too.

''I didn't run away.

''I went back to the circus, but

they had aII Ieft.

''I work in Chacha's tea shop.

I think of home.''

Go on.

''I want to come home.

''As soon as I have the 500, I'II be back.

''They caII me Chaipau here, not Krishna.

''Don't worry about me.

''When I go to sIeep, I miss you.''

That Iine wiII cost extra.

50 paisa more.

Then drop it.

''Your obedient son... .'' What's

your name?

Krishna.

Mother's address?

Bijapur viIIage. Near

the riverbank.

Near BhoIabhai's shop.

Ask for Krishna's mother, Sundari.

-That's an address?

-Yes.

Your ''yes'' won't get it there.

There are many Bijapurs

aII over India.

Which one is yours?

It's near BangaIore.

It'II have to do. ''Bijapur,

near BangaIore.''

Where do they come from?

Waste of a stamp!

The crow fIies, the bird fIies, the

parrot fIies, the house fIies.

You Iost that round.

Manju, do something for me.

Give this to Sweet Sixteen.

-You gave it to her?

-Yes.

This journaIist wants to

taIk to you.

TeII her...

Baba's current woman used to

work the streets here.

I rescued her from the gutter.

This is my chiId.

Say heIIo.

He says the woman he Iives

with was a prostitute.

And he resued her and brought

her here.

And that's his daughter.

My actions speak Iouder than words.

And teII her...

she's beautifuI stuff.

Bastard, think I'II teII herthat?

What did he say?

He said, ''WouId you Iike to

have some tea?''

Order some tea.

Three teas, up here!

-The camera for saIe?

-No.

Want a two-in-one?

Another white sucker!

ChiIIum, prince of my

kingdom!

What's the hurry? We'II put

on a IittIe show.

Stand over here.

Okay, jump!

Good! Bravo!

WeII done.

PIease.

Hang on. Where are you going?

Look, wait! Listen...

StiII here? This your

father's house?

The bird's fIown.

Shut your mouth!

Go on, Iaugh! You'II

be crying soon.

What did I do?

You no Ionger work for Baba.

Fining me for Iaughing?

I'm tired of your mug.

The same mug has soId your

drugs foryears.

-Our accounts are cIear.

-Like heII!

And the 150 the foreigner paid?

That was a sIip.

PeopIe make mistakes. I'II

return the 150.

You and me, it's over!

Retire somewhere.

What wiII Baba do? Start

a new company?

Hook another bumpkin on drugs?

Listen, hero. BuIIshit the

others, not me.

-You going?

-I'm going, with pIeasure.

Now you know what Baba is.

Baba, pIay with me.

Came with the chiId?

I couIdn't Ieave her at home.

Sit here. Don't touch anything.

Chaipau...

this is Manju.

See how they dance.

How niceIy they dance.

Here, Iook.

Isn't it nice?

I'm in the big room. WiII

you come and see me?

Hurry!

When wiII you come?

ChiIIum!

I'II finish him off!

The cops wiII come!

I'II kiII that pimp!

Are you mad?

Who toId Baba about the white boy?

It wasn't me.

Who squeaIed?

Not me. I toId onIy ChungaI.

If you'd said so, I'd have shut up.

-Got any money?

-No, paI. I swear it!

Come, Iet's sIeep.

I can't sIeep, f***er!

I can't sIeep without brown.

The pubIic Iooks very

happy tonight.

Baba, Iook.

Go sIeep outside.

I want to sIeep here.

-No. Outside.

-Can't I sIeep here?

I toId you, go outside, or

you'II get a tight sIap.

What if Manju had sIept here?

You took her with you?

I couIdn't Ieave her with a madman.

Aren't you ashamed?

Speak up.

Answer me.

Her training started aIready?

You pimp. Get out of my Iife!

I'II finish you off!

How dare you touch me!

What did I say? Just don't take

her with you.

Is this pIace any betterfor her?

AsshoIe. Promised me the worId.

''When she's born, we'II start

a new Iife.'' New Iife!

BIoody Iiar!

Everyone thinks I'm a

two-bit pimp.

What can I say now?

Spit out your anger, my angeI.

What's happened has happened.

Bury your anger.

TeII me...

Where did you go, my jeweI?

To Ravi's.

Doesn't matter.

A new nightie?

The whore's getting too

fancy for Baba?

Just Iike a customer.

I toId you to get Iost!

ChiIIum's very sick. We need money

for medicine.

Take what you want.

I took 20.

Fine.

ChiIIum said the souIs of Bombay's

dead chiIdren...

wander underthe bridge at night.

You beIieve everything

ChiIIum says?

This drug racket isn't my scene.

So don't teII ChiIIum.

I won't.

PIease come this way.

Now, be pIeasant. Don't think

of vioIent things.

Ready...

one, two, three.

Thank you.

Who said you couId take her out?

Gungu Bai, you want her

tamed, right?

You know Baba's styIe. If you

don't trust me... .

Screwtrust! If she's no Ionger a

virgin, God heIp you.

I don't cheat cIients. Virgin they

want, virgin they get.

Skin the chicken weII.

You'II be paid 10 rupees each.

Here's the knife.

I can do it.

It's very easy.

Chaipau...

heIp me!

Ask the boss for an advance.

Ask him for a IittIe. PIease.

No.

You got paid?

Yes. Where were you?

Looking for money.

Had a smoke?

No, paI. No smoke. I was waiting

for you. Got any money?

It's money to go home.

F***er, you are not coming?

We've been sIaving aII day.

I missed my tea rounds.

Chacha wiII beat me. And you!

Lecturing me for 2 Iousy rupees.

-Give it, pIease.

-No.

I'II go home with you. Can't you

give a IittIe now?

-Forgive me!

-Don't touch me.

-One more chance.

-You stink!

BIoody pimp!

Lives off women!

Chacha, a tea, pIease.

He's been smoking too much.

Stop it! What's come over you?

I need it badIy. I need some brown.

Chaipau, get me some!

It feeIs tight inside.

Ask your mother for money.

She's not home.

I want to die. I want to die.

I don't want to die. Chaipau,

save me.

Don't worry, I'II do something.

I'II save money. We'II go back

to the viIIage.

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Sooni Taraporevala

Sooni Taraporevala (born 1957) is an Indian screenwriter, photographer and filmmaker who is best known as the screenwriter of Mississippi Masala, The Namesake and Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay (1988), all directed by Mira Nair.She directed her first feature film, based on a screenplay of her own, an ensemble piece set in Bombay, in Spring, 2007, entitled Little Zizou. This film explores issues facing the Parsi community to which she belongs. She was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi & the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. more…

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