Before Baahubali, It Was Salaam Bombay!

Indian Cinema has got a good international value in the recent years. “Baahubali” stands top among the collections in the overseas markets. After some Bollywood films had crossed 50 Crore marks in the overseas market, Indian films started to invade the foreign markets. It is “Salaam Bombay” that is the pioneer of the modern Indian cinema to get its value in the overseas market. The film released in the year 1988 and made an excellent collection of more than $2million in the US and Canada. The film is about the street children of Bombay. Mira Nair directed and co-produced the film. Nana Patekar, Shafiq Syed, Anita Kanwar, Hansal Vithal, Raghuvir Yadav and Chanda Sharma played prominent roles. The film bagged the National Award for Best Feature film. It also bagged the Golden Camera Award, Audience Award and National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Film at Cannes. It also won three awards at Montreal World Film Festival. New York Times listed out "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made" and Salaam Bombay is on the list.