Young Krishna's mother abandons him at the Apollo Circus and informs him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to pay for his brother's bicycle that he destroyed. The circus then leaves Krishna behind and he takes a train to Bombay, where he works delivering tee for Chacha's street bar and being called "Chaipau" by the local street children. He befriends heroin addict and drug dealer Chillum, and young Manju Golub, the daughter of Baba Golub and prostitute Rekha Golub. Krishna dreams of saving 500 rupees to return home, but Bombay street life isn't easy.
Mira Nair
Stars
Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel
Irrfan Khan made an appearance in this film as a writer, one of his first appearances.
Nana Patekar accidentally got stabbed by the child actor. The actor did not understand the director's instructions properly.
Most of the young actors who appeared in the film were actual street children. They received dramatic training at a special workshop in Bombay before they appeared in the film.
Bollywood 2nd movie nominated for Oscar after Mother India (1957).
Hard subtitles in English
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/SGPDS99jtEE
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