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' star Rubina Ali at her house which was demolished by the BMC authorities at Gareeb Nagar, Bandra (East), in Mumbai on Wednesday. MUMBAI: A week after Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire’s child star Azharuddin Ismail’s home, a shanty in the Gareeb Nagar slums of Bandra a suburban area in Mumbai was demolished, his co-star Rubina Ali’s shanty was on Wednesday pulled down by the civic authorities rendering her homeless for the time being.Speaking to reporters, Munni Qureshi... Read Full Story
Wed, 27 May 2009
Director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson have traveled to India to save the kid stars of his multi-award winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" from homelessness. The children's - Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina Ali - homes in the slum area of Mumbai had been bulldozed by city authorities. Boyle said his film production company has set up a trust fund to look after them and arrange homes for their families. Azhar will move into his new home next week, while... Read Full Story
tMF's Top 30 Hottest Young Actors list is filled with familiar names - but their familiarity is not limited to being 'celebrities', a term often referred to those who hug the limelight and being hunted by the papz and having their photos all over the tabloids. These guys have been recognized for their exceptional acting skills - something that other ( older) actors could only achieve after many years in the biz.We have the likes of Zac Efron, Michael Angarano and Kieran Culkin, to name just... Read Full Story
The home of one of the child talents who acted in Slumdog Millionaire has been torn to the ground. The entire family has no where to live.
Azharuddin Ismail, 10, and family were left in shocked as their humble dwelling was completely demolished. Mumbai’s city council defended the demolition, citing that the slums are illegal constructions.. Apparently, the family was awakened to find the cops leaning over them forcing them out of the house prior to it being torn down. They only had a... Read Full Story
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Eight Oscars and $326 million later, the child stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” are still in the slums, says the Associated Press.
An AP reporter visited the home of Rubina Ali, 9, in Mumbai and found it “flooded with sewer water” and infested with scorpions, rats and insects.
A representative of a trust set up by the film’s producers for the children said they’ve shown the families several apartments in Mumbai but they’ve turned them down.
“They said it’s too far from where they are now... Read Full Story
I don't like movies. It is such an artificial, domineering genre that renders the spectator completely powerless. Watching films in a movie theater is the worst experience ever. You are sitting there, in the darkness, with the enormous screen blaring at you. You can't stop it, pause it, rewind it. You can't get up and walk around, talk to people, call on the phone, go online, or even use the bathroom as much as you might want to. All you are allowed to do, is to sit there and absorb the... Read Full Story
tMF's Top 30 Hottest Young Actors list is filled with familiar names - but their familiarity is not limited to being 'celebrities', a term often referred to those who hug the limelight and being hunted by the papz and having their photos all over the tabloids. These guys have been recognized for their exceptional acting skills - something that other ( older) actors could only achieve after many years in the biz.We have the likes of Zac Efron, Michael Angarano and Kieran Culkin, to name just... Read Full Story
This is a convoluted story, and most likely only parts of it are true. This weekend, the British newspaper News of the World reported that the father of one of the child-actors in Slumdog Millionaire tried to sell his daughter for more than $400,000. That report is now being denied by the father, Rafiq Ali, through a family friend: “This isn’t true - he will happily discuss job offers but there is no question of letting his daughter go. He loves her and is proud of her. He’s a good man and... Read Full Story
