Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

Two BMWs and a Mercedes-Benz were lined up“It was like a dream. I went to Disneyland, clicked pictures” Child actors of the Slumdog Millionaire (from left) Ayush, Tanay, Tanvi and Rubiana Ali are surrounded by security personnel after their arrival at the Mumbai airport on Thursday. Mumbai: A frenzy of sorts was unleashed at the Sahar International Airport here on Thursday as the child actors of the Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire returned from their lucky streak at the Academy Awards. It...Read Full Story

Prince Charles has cited the Mumbai shantytown setting for the film "Slumdog Millionaire" as a role model for sustainable living in Western cities, a report said Saturday.The 61-year-old heir to the throne writes in a new book being published next week that the Dharavi slum is better and more instinctively organised than many Western towns, the Daily Telegraph said.In the book, called "Harmony", Charles contrasts the "fragmented, deconstructed" housing estates of Western nations with the...Read Full Story

The child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" traded the shanties of Mumbai for Hong Kong's skyscrapers Friday as they arrived for a charity fundraising performance.Photographers swarmed Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Ali as they arrived at Hong Kong's international airport, with 10-year-old Azhar riding on their baggage cart.A guardian shooed away reporters, but 9-year-old Ayush — whose movie character famously jumps into sewage so he can rush...Read Full Story

Dharavi is home to Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, 10, and Rubiana Ali, nine (picture inset). It is the largest slum in Mumbai and was used as a location in the film "Slumdog Millioinaire." (Getty Images)No one was sure if Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, 10, and Rubiana Ali, nine, would make it to the Oscar ceremonies Sunday. The young actors have never been out of their Mumbai slum and the Indian government is notoriously slow at producing documents such as passports. With further reports that Khedekar...Read Full Story

Slumdog Millionaire - Trailer From Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, comes the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE For more info about FREE Screenings in your area, visit: www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire...Read Full Story