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Shafiq Syed (born 1976) is an Indian auto rickshaw driver and former child actor. At the age of twelve, he played the lead role in Mira Nair 's Academy Award -nominated film Salaam Bombay! (1988), for which he also received the 1989 National Film Award for Best Child Artist at the 36th National Film Awards. [1]
May 16, 2020 · Shafiq Syed Suddenly, Shafi, who was sleeping on pavements in Churchgate took a leap, and after attending a month-long workshop with Mira Nair, he earned himself a role in Mira Nair's movie that chronicled the life of Mumbai's slum kids.
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It stars Shafiq Syed, Raghuvir Yadav, Anita Kanwar, Nana Patekar, Hansa Vithal and Chanda Sharma. Nair's inspiration for the film came from the spirit of Bombay's street children and how they lived. Production began in early 1988, and the film was co-financed by the National Film Development Corporation of India .
Shafiq Syed. Actor: Salaam Bombay!. Syed grew up in the slum of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, India. He comes to Bombay with some of the friends at his childhood and later years, he lived there as one of the pedestrians living on the pavement near Churchgate Railway Station.
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Shafiq Syed. Actor: Salaam Bombay!. Syed grew up in the slum of Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka, India. He comes to Bombay with some of the friends at his childhood and later years, he lived there as one of the pedestrians living on the pavement near Churchgate Railway Station.
Oct 7, 1988 · Salaam Bombay!: Directed by Mira Nair. With Shafiq Syed, Anjaan, Amrit Patel, Murari Sharma. Young Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.
Oct 8, 2013 · Shafiq Syed has seen it all. As the star child actor in Salaam Bombay, he won the President's medal for best child artiste and then faded into oblivion. In 2009, he was discovered on the streets of Bangalore, trying to eke out a living as an auto-rikshaw driver.
