Slumdog Millionaire is a film by Danny Boyle, starring Dev Patel and Freida Pinto. The film was filmed in India, and is the story of how a young slum dweller uses his life experience to win a fortune on a televised game show.
Slumdog Millionaire child actor Rubina Ali has mostly skipped school for the last two months.
A member of Rubina's family told rediff.com that the little girl does not appear interested in studies and no one in her family ensures she attends school regularly.
"She plays the whole day," the relative, who did not want to be identified for this report, said, adding, "No one in her family checks if she goes to school or not."
When this reporter called her school in Pali Chimbai in... Read Full Story
I’m sure you are now all familiar with the movie “ Slumdog Millionaire ” by Danny Boyle. It gathered the most number of awards from the recent Oscars Awards. It’s all about the story of Jamal Malik, an 18-year old orphan from slums on Mumbai in India. He joined the Hindi version of “ Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? ” game show and won.
With the whole country watching the show, he is just one question away from winning the grand prize of 20 million rupees. Unfortunately, just before he... Read Full Story
After about eight or nine months of rumors about what his next project would be, Oscar-winning Best Director Danny Boyle finally signed up for a bio-pic called 127 Hours . It's the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston, who, after being trapped by a boulder for five days, cut off his own arm to escape.
That news came earlier this week, but Boyle gave an update this weekend, and apparently, the first hour of 127 will be dialogue-free. Slashfilm reports that Boyle will lean on Slumdog... Read Full Story
By: Ellie Kam on June 6th, 2009 at7:56 am
9-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actress, Rubina Ali is reportedly working on a book about growing up in the slums of Mumbai.
The autobiography entitled Slumdog Dreaming: My Journey To The Stars, is set for release on July 16 by UK and US publisher Transworld. A statement released by the publisher reads:
Rubina brings alive a world of wastelands and rat-infested shanty dwellings, and shows us her home, a wooden shack with a tarpaulin roof... Read Full Story
According to reports, Danny Boyle abruptly left India for England the other day, after a meeting with the Jai Ho Trust pretty much turned into an extortion attempt by the families of the young actors. The trust was originally set up to give the child actors better living conditions and a decent education, but during this week’s meetings, the families of Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali demanded cars for relatives, and tens of thousands of dollars in extra cash for spending. Read Full Story
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September 30, 2009
‘Slumgirl Dreaming’ is a very well written book. And for a celebrity, who is just a 9 year old, this book could perhaps be the first to come out in India. The girl in question is Rubina Ali, one of the many stars in Slumdog Millionaire who hasn’t quite enjoyed a fairy tale outing. From a poor life in slum to international adulation to charges being put against her father for... Read Full Story
London, Jun 11: Slumdog Millionaire fame Freida Pinto, admitted for the first time that her relation with co-star Dev Patel is more than friendship. The Sun.co.uk reports that the two were seen getting intimate in Israel and were also spotted shopping for a ring here after the film was released. Pinto was then photographed nestling into Patel's shoulder during a cosy al fresco lunch date in Israel Read More Read Full Story
As we previously reported , Danny Boyle 's follow-up to Slumdog Millionaire will be the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston. You'll remember Ralston pinned himself literally between a rock and hard place - the title of his memoirs - and had no alternative but to amputate his own arm with a dull knife.
The Spice of Life says the film is tentatively called 127 Hours , and if you're slow, I'll tell you why: That's how long Ralston was trapped, no food and very little water, no passers-by, no... Read Full Story
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE stars Freida Pinto and Dev Patel were on hand to present director Danny Boyle with the 2009 John Schlesinger Brittania Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Brittania Awards. Held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, the Patel and Pinto stopped by the [...] Read Full Story