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Question 1. Salaam Bombay! focuses on the lives of people who are struggling to get by, many of them children, including the main character, Krishna (a.k.a. Chaipau). One of the ways realist films often emphasize the economic hardships of the main characters is to detail how little money they have or how hard they have to work to save some money. For example, in The World, when the character Little Sister dies, we see his final will and testimony which details the exact (small, but for him significant) amount of money he owes to various people. How does Salaam Bombay! help us to understand Krishna's financial situation? Choose a scene which reveals his financial hardship and describe it carefully. How does the film help you understand why he's struggling? What questions does it leave unanswered for you? How does the history discussed in lecture 4 inform your view of his situation? Cite a specific detail from that lecture Download that lecturein your response.

Question 2. In his short reflection "Salaam Bombay! Close-up," Download "Salaam Bombay! Close-up,"Hamid Naficy outlines some of the criticism the film received. Cite one of the critics he discusses and offer your own response to the criticism. Do you find it thought-provoking or does it strike you as ungenerous or unfair? Support your response by making reference to a specific detail or moment from the film.

Question 3. Amardeep Singh Download Amardeep Singhdefends Salaam Bombay! from some of its critics and offers an account of the workshop process that Mira Nair used to collaborate with the children in the film. What was something that you found interesting about this process? Cite a detail from the article that stood out and explain why. Be sure to include the page number. You don't need a full footnote, (Singh, page #) is fine.

Question 4. Don't forget to leave a comment or a question for a classmate by Sunday at midnight for full credit.