
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.
Release Date: 8/24/1988
Runtime: 113 minutes
Languages: Hindi, English
Director: Mira Nair
Budget: $0.5M
Revenue: $7.4M
Companies: Doordarshan, Cadrage, Forum Films, La Sept Cinéma, Mirabai Films, National Film Development Corporation of India, Film4 Productions
Countries: France, India, United Kingdom
Anjaan
Child at the Circus
Shafiq Syed
Krishna / Chaipau
Hansa Vithal
Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma
Sola Saal
Anita Kanwar
Rekha Golub

Nana Patekar
Baba Golub
Anjaan
Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel
Circus Boss

Irrfan Khan
Letter Writer

Raghubir Yadav
Chillum
Raju Bernad
Keera
Chandrashekhar Naidu
Chungal
Sarfuddin Quarrassi
Koyla
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