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Shafiq Syed, 34, is smiling at his daughter, Simran, 7, while playing with his children in their home inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.
![Shafiq Syed, 34, is smiling at his daughter, Simran, 7, while playing with his children in their home inside a poor neighbourhood of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Shaifq has been the main character of the Cannes' Camera D'Or 1988 winner Salaam Bombay, but after the movie he failed to become a star, fell back into poverty and lived on the streets for years before he became a rickshaw (tuk-tuk) driver in his home city of Bangalore, Karnataka State, India.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000JEe92AQmFGI/fit=1000x750/Slumdog-Millionaire-Salaam-Mumbai-India-Alex-Masi-43.jpg)
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