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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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
Mohanraj Babu
Salim
Sanjana Kapoor
Reporter
Murari Sharma
Ticket Seller
Mira Nair
Director, Story, Producer
Sooni Taraporevala
Screenplay, Story
Michael Nozik
Executive Producer
Gabriel Auer
Executive Producer
Anil Tejani
Executive Producer
Sandi Sissel
Director of Photography
L. Subramaniam
Original Music Composer
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Deepa Kakkar
Costume Design
Mitch Epstein
Production Design
