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Young Krishna is abandoned at the Apollo Circus by his mother, who informs him that he can only return home when he can afford ₹500 for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus leaves Krishna behind and he travels to Bombay, where he delivers tee and befriends a heroin addict and a young… Read more
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1988 · 1h 53m · ★ 82% (22K)
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma
Young Krishna is abandoned at the Apollo Circus by his mother, who informs him that he can only return home when he can afford ₹500 for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus leaves Krishna behind and he travels to Bombay, where he delivers tee and befriends a heroin addict and a young prostitute. Krishna dreams of saving ₹500 to return home, but Bombay street life isn't easy.
Mira Nair
Doordarshan, Cadrage, Forum Films, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, National Film Development Corporation of India
Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Irrfan Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Raju Bernad, Chandrashekhar Naidu, Sarfuddin Quarrassi, Mohanraj Babu, Sanjana Kapoor, Murari Sharma, Ram Moorti, Irshad Hashmi, Kishan Thapa, Shaukat Azmi, Haneef Zahoor