Amrit Patel
Major Yamraj Singh and Professor Durander Lal have been friends for many years, live as neighbors, share meals, and would like their respective children, Raja and Rani to get married. At a well organized reception, they do announce their official engagement, little knowing that both dislike each other. While Rani is not decided about her future partner, Raja likes Manjit Singh, the daughter of Dildar Singh, who owns a trucking business.
Before Slumdog Millionaire came Salaam Bombay!, Mira Nair’s Oscar-nominated drama tells the moving story of life on the streets of Bombay as seen through the eyes of Chaipu, a twelve-year-old boy living rough in the city.
Based on a novel by Hindi writer Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena, it centers on a love triangle between two men and one woman on the margins of society. (Summary from Northwestern University's programming notes)
