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SUMMARY:Film screening - Salaam Bombay! - Ausaf Farooqui
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CONTACT:ausaf
DESCRIPTION:Sakhya Indian Cinema Club screens fortnightly screenings showc
 asing the best of Indian cinema. All movies are sub-titled in English to m
 ake them accessible to a non-Indian audience. \n\nThis coming week\, we br
 ing you the runaway hit\, Salaam Bombay\, which realistically depicts the 
 day-to-day life of children living on the streets of Bombay. The film has 
 won multiple awards including one at Cannes Film Festival\, and was select
 ed as one of the "best 1\,000 movies ever made" by New York Times - so\, d
 on't miss out!\n\nTitle: Salaam Bombay!\n\nDirector: Mira Nair\n\nSynopsis
 :\nThe film provides a bird's eye view into the plight of India's urban st
 reet children. It is done through the experience of young Krishna\, an ill
 iterate\, country bumpkin of a boy\, who is abandoned by his mother at a c
 ircus and told not to come home until he has five hundred rupees for havin
 g broken something that belonged to his brother. While Krishna is on an er
 rand\, the circus packs up and leaves town\, and he is left alone to fend 
 for himself. Krishna uses his last few rupees to travel to a city\, which 
 by luck of the draw turns out to be Bombay. Thrust into the life of the st
 reet children of Bombay\, living among the pimps\, hustlers\, drug addicts
 \, prostitutes\, and throw-away children that proliferate in India's urban
  settlements\, a modern day jungle\, Krishna struggles to survive. His res
 ourcefulness holds him in good stead. He quickly develops some street smar
 tness and forms attachments. He struggles to earn and save money\, so that
  he can return home to his mother and the family whom he misses\, only to 
 be duped in the end by one whom he had trusted. His story breaks one's hea
 rt\, as he learns some hard lessons in life.\n\nWe expect high demand and 
 seating is limited to 30\, so please e-mail: ausaf.farooqui@gmail.com to r
 eserve seating.
LOCATION:Pfeiffer Room\, Hughes Hall\, University of Cambridge
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