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早安孟買
Salaam Bombay

電影導演 / Mira Nair 蜜拉．奈兒

English subtitles: http://www.opensubtitles.org/en/subtitles/3141445/salaam-bombay-en

Salaam Bombay

a film often compared to Oliver!
& The 400 Blows

by Mira Nair

Image of Ganesh, or Ganpati is the elephant God (source)

General Introduction

About India and Pakistan

India National Anthem

General Introduction

History of the movie:
"The history of the making of "Salaam Bombay!" is almost as interesting as the film itself. The filmmakers gathered a group of the street children of Bombay and talked with them about their experiences,
visiting the streets and train stations, bazaars and red-light districts where many of them lived. Out of these interviews emerged a screenplay that was a composite of several lives. Then many of the children were enlisted for weeks in a daily workshop, not to teach them "acting" (for that they already knew from hundreds of overacted Indian film melodramas), but to teach them how to behave naturally in front of the camera." (Roger Ebert's review)

The protagonist-- Krishna

"When he arrives in Bombay, Krishna finds a lowly job as a chaipau (one who delivers tea) in a red-light district with its splashy bordellos." (Kempley's review)

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About India and Pakistan

India

Dating back at least 5000 years, civilization in India has been a rich and complicated mix of peoples and religions. Brahminism, Buddhism, Jain, Hinduism all developed here in a series of kingdoms and empires.
Illiteracy (% of population age 15+) ......47
Poverty (% of population below national poverty line)...... 37 (source)

Pakistan

Pakistan was granted status within the Commonwealth in 1947 and independence in 1956.
Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)....... 95
Illiteracy (% of population age 15+) ...59 (source)

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India National Anthem

Thou art the rulers of the minds of all people,

dispenser of India's destiny.

Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind, Gujarat and Maratha,

Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;

It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,

mingles in the music of Yamuna and Ganga and is chanted by

the waves of the Indian Sea.

They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.

The saving of all people waits in thy hand,

thou dispenser of India's destiny,

Victory, victory, victory to thee.

敬禮祖國（Bande Mataram）

祖國，我向你敬禮！

啊，看山川壯麗，花香果熟，

吹拂著的是南方底薰風，

黑壓壓地是豐收的五穀，

我的祖國！

海岸在月光輝耀中歡笑，

大地被滿樹好花所艷裝，

笑聲甜美，說話也甜美！

啊，祖國，快樂是你所賜予，

幸福是你所恩賞！

*錄自民國三十四年四月間的中國週報

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Parrinder, Geoffrey, ed. World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present. New York: Facts on File, 1971.