The boy Krishna is abandoned by his mother at the Apollo Circus and she
tells him that he can only return home when he can afford 500 rupees to
pay for the bicycle of his brother that he had trashed. Krishna is left
behind by the circus and he takes a train to Bombay. Krishna is called
Chaipau by the street children of Bombay and he works delivering and
selling tea for Chacha, who owns a street bar. Krishna befriends the
heroin addicted Chillum that sells drugs for the drug dealer and caftan
Baba Golub, and the girl Manju Golub, who is the daughter of Baba with
the prostitute Rekha Golub. Krishna dreams on saving 500 rupees to
return home, but the life on the streets of Bombay is not easy.
Director: Mira Nair
Writers: Hriday Lani (dialogue), Mira Nair (story),
Stars: Shafiq Syed, Hansa Vithal, Chanda Sharma
