Posted on Saturday, 4 July 2009

Salaam Bombay! (1988) by Mira NairStill considered today the best of Mira Nair’s work, I meant to see this movie ages ago and the fact that I saw Slumdog Millionnaire on release but that I had yet to see the “real deal” kept bothering me. Now that it’s done, I can confirm what I suspected all that time, i.e. Salaam Bombay! feels like a genuine and moving piece of Mumbai street life, whereas Slumdog is sweet and entertaining but forgettable fluff.

Salaam Bombay! (1988) by Mira Nair
Still considered today the best of Mira Nair’s work, I meant to see this movie ages ago and the fact that I saw Slumdog Millionnaire on release but that I had yet to see the “real deal” kept bothering me. Now that it’s done, I can confirm what I suspected all that time, i.e. Salaam Bombay! feels like a genuine and moving piece of Mumbai street life, whereas Slumdog is sweet and entertaining but forgettable fluff.

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