Awards’ list of Salaam Bombay

Salaam Bombay was a wonderful Bollywood movie which was released in 1988. It was directed by Mira Nair. The movie was screenwritten by Sooni Taraporevala. The film mainly revolved around the street children of Bombay (now Mumbai). The movie belonged to a very unique genre and received many awards.


It was the second movie of India to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Here we present you the list of awards bagged by Salaam Bombay

Salaam Bombay won.

1988: Audience Award, Cannes Film Festival
1988: Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival
1988: National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
1988: National Film Award for Best Child Artist: Shafiq Syed [1]
1988: National Board of Review Awards: Top Foreign Film
1988 : Lilian Gish Award Excellence in Feature Film, Los Angeles Women in Film Festival (tied with Elysium)
1988: Jury Prize, Montréal World Film Festival (tied with The Dawning)
1988: Most Popular Film, Montréal World Film Festival
1988: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Montréal World Film Festival

Salaam Bombay was nominated for

1989: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1990: BAFTA Film Award Best Film not in the English Language
1989: César Award for Best Foreign Film
1990: Filmfare Best Director Award
1989: Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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