After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.
Shafiq Syed
as Krishna / Chaipau
Hansa Vithal
as Manju Golub
Chanda Sharma
as Sola Saal
Anita Kanwar
as Rekha Golub
Nana Patekar
as Baba Golub
Anjaan
as Child at the Circus
Amrit Patel
as Circus Boss
Irrfan Khan
as Letter Writer
Raghubir Yadav
as Chillum
Raju Bernad
as Keera
Chandrashekhar Naidu
as Chungal
Sarfuddin Quarrassi
as Koyla
