Salaam Bombay!

Awards

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Trivia

Album

• This was the second Indian film to be nominated for the Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category. "Mother India" (1957) and "Lagaan" (2001) have been the other two films to be nominated in this category.[1][2]
• Filmmaker Mira Nair researched for this film by interviewing a group of children who lived in the streets of Bombay. These interviews inspired the film's screenplay. Some of these children were then enlisted in a series of daily workshops over a period of weeks. The objective of these workshops was not to teach the children acting but to help them gain confidence and learn to behave naturally in front of the camera. The workshops helped Nair identify the children whom she could cast in the film, including the lead actor Shafiq Syed.[3]
• This was violinist and composer L. Subramaniam's first Hindi film score.

Song

• Chillum's Theme - L. Subramaniam reused the track "Walking In A Dream" from his album with Stephane Grappelli, "Conversations" (1984), for this background score cue.
• Escape From The Chiller Room 1 - L. Subramaniam reused the track "Don't Leave Me" from his album with Stephane Grappelli, "Conversations" (1984), for this background score cue.

1. ^ Mother India (1957)
2. ^ Lagaan (2001)
3. ^ The stars of the street