Shafiq Syed

Syed grew up in Bangalore slums, before running away to Bombay (now Mumbai) with some friends, "just to see if what we saw in Hindi movies (Bollywood) were right". In the following years, he lived as one of the street children living on the pavements near Churchgate railway station. After doing one more film, Patang (1994) directed by Goutam Ghose, he returned to Bangalore in 1993. In 2009, after the success of Slumdog Millionaire, also known for its child actors, he was spotted as an autorickshaw driver in Bangalore and interviewed by The Times of India. He is married and lives in a Bangalore suburb, 30 km from the main city, with his wife, mother and three sons and a daughter.{{cite web | title = Salaam Bombay actor learns life's lesson |work=Daily News & Analysis ==Filmography==