Fresh
The director's experience making documentaries served her well as she worked for weeks with the kids who inhabit Bombay's backstreets.
Leslie Camhi, Village Voice
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Salaam Bombay!
Overview
When a revengeful Krishna destroys his brother's motorbike, his mother asks him to return home only when he earns INR 500 to repair it. In a turn of events, he finds himself in a Bombay slum.
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Fresh
A savvy, unsentimentalized first feature by director Mira Nair.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
Nair has been able to make a film that has the everyday, unforced reality of documentary, and yet the emotional power of great drama.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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