About this episode

Mira Nair shares tales of the making of 'Salaam Bombay!', a gritty tale of life in the slums of India.

The writer-director joins Seth to share tales of the making of this gritty and entrancing tale of life in the slums of India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keywords

• Salaam Bombay!
• Mira Nair
• India
• slums
• film making

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