Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

VividSimon Simply Perfect

FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

ashrafamodd Salaam Bombay is not easy to watch because it leaves me emotionally spent, but that tells you just how good this film is. Mira Nair has therefore succeeded in creating an authentic experience, highlighting the ugly side of life in Mumbai (previously called Bombay). You can tell that Slumdog Millionaire borrowed many of the interesting elements of Salaam Bombay, but added extra spice with a British flavour mixed with Bollywood. However Salaam Bombay keeps everything real and this is why it's the strongest film I've seen set in India. The story line revolves around Indians in poverty, where older men exploit children to work on the streets, and Salaam Bombay takes us into this horror filled underworld. Where Nair wins is that she makes you care for these young characters and it turns into quite an emotional ride. There are moments which reminded me of the best of the French New Wave, such as 500 Blows and Salaam Bombay is certainly a film at that level. Eventually, you need to be ready to through this feature length film, enduring some of the worst experiences in India. Perhaps if Nair contrasted this with some of the more beautiful aspects of Mumbai, it would've been more rounded.

Shubhojeet Kundu Salaam Bombay is hard hitting, brazen and after 113 minutes of some of the most realistic frames to come out of the Indian Cinema, it strips you wide and naked. One is only left with a hypocritical sense of loss and pity. Salaam Bombay slaps and slaps hard on our morality bearing middle class sensibility. It has shown the rubric of the great Indian society. The portrayal of the dirty fundamentals over which our great spiritual society has stood throughout the centuries, is unmistakably brazen and true. Through the lens of Salaam Bombay, the great Indian society and culture seems bloated and hypocritical.Cinematically also, Salaam Bombay is a master piece. The atmosphere created by the camera-work and the background score deserve accolades. Mira Nair was right in saying "No Guts-No Glory".Interestingly, even after quarter of a century, the issues raised in the movie still plagues Bombay and Indian society. Salaam Bombay is the mirror which is required to be shown to many Indian upholders of morality and society.

himanshu shekhar This movie is by far the best movie that I've seen ever in my life. Complete in every sense, it makes quite a heavy impact. I wan only 2 when this was released, and after looking at it's quality of cinematography still beats the best of new age cinemas. The amount of dedication by the actors, and the entire team is so huge that it reflects in every second as the movie passes by. Especially the acting by 'Chillam' and 'Chaipaao' is mind blowing. It's nearly impossible to explain in words to explain this movie. So go ahead and watch it. I made at least 20 people to watch this, and everyone had the same attachment with this one as i have.Love.

Mike B A highly authentic presentation of the streets of Mumbai (called Bombay in this movie). This movie is much more character and actor driven than story driven, but the acting is very striking and emotional, particularly by the lead actor who plays the young orphan. The story is almost like a documentary and does tend to flit from scene to scene rather haphazardly at times. Nevertheless, the acting more than compensates.The story concerns a group of street children who are struggling for their existence near a brothel. In one of the DVD extra features this story is legitimately compared to the orphans in a Dickens' novel. The life of these abandoned children is truly Dickensenian.If you liked 'Slumdog Millionaire' you should like this. I found the street scenes in 'Salaam Bombay' even more astonishing than 'Slumdog'. Perhaps the storyline in 'Slumdog' is more polished, but the street scenes are even more powerful in 'Salaam Bombay'. There is no glamorization of life in India – this is no Bollywood depiction.