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The City Market is photographed in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. On these very same pavements Shafiq Syed, now 34, used to sleep and make a meagre living when he escaped various times from his father's home at the tender age of 11 to live as a street child here first, and then in Mumbai. It was during the time living next to Churchgate train station, in central Mumbai, that he was selected to become the main character for the cast of Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay. After the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he moved on to become a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.